Cosmic speed limits can be a major inconvenience but they've rarely stopped science fiction in its tracks.
Exciting new research suggests there are four miniature planets orbiting Barnard’s Star, each thought to be just 20 to 30% ...
Could Proxima Centauri be reached sooner than we thought?
Basant's team, which also includes a researcher from Heidelberg University, found the exoplanets using the 8-meter Gemini ...
Though it appears as a single bright speck in the sky, Alpha Centauri is actually a triple star system, with several suspected exoplanets, including a super-Earth called Proxima Centauri b ...
The other is that many nearby systems — like our nearest neighbor, Proxima Centauri, as well as TRAPPIST-1 — are red dwarfs known to host planets. This makes them very appealing targets for ...