An artist’s impression of the Proxima Centauri planetary system, with exoplanet Proxima c on the right. Lorenzo Santinelli, CC BY-SA Astronomers have discovered what appears to be a second exoplanet ...

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An exoplanet couldn't get any closer, and now it looks like there could be a pair just around the cosmic corner. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric and his family live 100% energy ...

Our nearest celestial neighbor, the star Proxima Centauri, likely has a second planet. The planet, dubbed Proxima c, is at least about 6 times the mass of Earth and orbits its tiny red dwarf host once ...

The newly detected icy world remains a candidate planet for now. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Proxima b may not be an only ...

Our nearest neighboring star, Proxima Centauri, may be harboring an extensive solar system, as scientists believe they’ve found a third planet orbiting it. It’s a find that re-emphasizes just how ...

Astronomers have found evidence of another planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our Solar System. This candidate planet is the third detected in the system and the lightest yet ...

Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, might have a second planet in its orbit, according to a new study. Astronomers think the planet, called Proxima c, is a super-Earth that formed far from ...

One of the planets that orbits around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun, had been thought to exist within what astronomers call the habitable zone. While Proxima b is 20 times closer to ...

Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Earth, is one of several potential candidates for hosting aliens within its system. However, a recent incident involving the star has had scientists and experts ...

What is life like on Proxima b? This planet in the next star system along is, at just four light-years, by far the closest Earth-like planet we know about. The answer could be depressing: there is no ...

Last month, as 2020 drew to a close and we on Earth completed one of our strangest orbits around the sun, news broke that astronomers had picked up a mysterious signal from another star. Astronomers ...