Proxima Centauri b is the closest known exoplanet that could be in the habitable zone of its star. Therefore, it has garnered a lot of attention, including several missions designed to visit it and ...

The curious minds at What If speculate on whether Proxima b could be humanity’s first contact with alien life. Trump’s shutdown win just landed Republicans with a huge political headache Scientists ...

Proxima b is the closest known Earth-like planet beyond our solar system. At just 4.2 light years away, it’s a major focus of ...

The rocky planet circling the closest star to the sun got hammered by a superpowerful flare last year, a new study reports. That's a bit of bad news for anyone hoping that the alien world, known as ...

Researchers found that a tidally locked planet like our nearest neighbor Proxima b could produce significant lightning storms, but that these storms were far different from those on Earth. When you ...