Proxima Centauri
Could Earth Life Survive on a Red Dwarf Planet?
Even though exoplanet science has advanced significantly in the last decade or two, we're still in an unfortunate situation. Scientists…
A THIRD Planet Found Orbiting Nearby Proxima Centauri
Astronomers have confirmed the presence of a THIRD exoplanet in the neighboring Proxima Centauri system!
A Space Telescope With one job: Find Habitable Planets at Alpha Centauri
Breakthrough Initiatives just announced a collaborative effort to launch a space telescope that will search for habitable planets around Alpha…
Maybe There’s No Way to Tell if Habitable Planets Orbit Proxima Centauri… Yet!
In a new study, a team of astronomers come to the conclusion that Proxima b will ever be detected making…
The Radio Signal From Proxima Centauri Came From Earth After All
Turns out we were hearing ourselves! Earth can be a noisy place when listening to stars. Late last year, a…
Avoiding the Great Filter. How Long Until We’re Living Across the Solar System?
According to a new study, humanity could become an interplanetary species in this century, interstellar by the 23rd, and intragalactic…
A Recent Megaflare Shows that Proxima Centauri is not a Nice Place to Live
A new international research effort observed a massive solar flare from Proxima Centauri, which indicates (yet again) that its not…
A Review of “Extraterrestrial” by Prof. Avi Loeb
Professor Avi Loeb's new book, Extraterrestrial, tells the tale of how he 'Oumuamua may be humanity's first interstellar messenger.
Possible Super-Earth in the Habitable Zone at Alpha Centauri
Astronomers using a new technique may have not only found a super-Earth at a neighbouring star, but they may also…
According to the Math, it’s Highly Unlikely That an Intelligent Civilization is Located at Alpha Centauri
In a new study, a pair of Harvard astrophysicists did the math on whether or not BLC1 is an extraterrestrial…