News that a NASA scientist has announced fresh progress on Proxima b has pushed our nearest known exoplanet neighbor back ...

An artist's impression shows the planet Proxima b orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the Solar System - European Southern Observatory A swarm of tiny spacecraft could ...

Space exploration is one of the most far-reaching and creative activities humans are currently engaged in. But for all the money being spent and the efforts being made, it's a kind of activity that ...

Engineers are developing a concept for interstellar travel using a swarm of 1,000 ultra-light "laser sails." The mission aims to send these sails to Proxima b, an exoplanet 4.25 light-years away, ...

The crew of The Ark (streaming now on Peacock) abandoned a dying Earth in pursuit of humanity’s new home on Proxima centauri b. That world does have one thing going for it, it’s nearby, orbiting the ...

Four centuries from launch, a vast spacecraft could deliver thousands of people to a world orbiting the nearest star. The concept, called Chrysalis, is designed for one purpose — to take humanity to ...

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Then again, this might mean Proxima b is a comfortable, rocky, aseptic little planet free of living organisms and ready for human terraforming. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X ...

The existence of a potentially habitable planet orbiting our closest neighbor, the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, is both an extremely exciting event and sort of "more of the same." While Proxima b is ...