Scientists' could learn a thing or two from science fiction when it comes to naming newly discovered worlds, says Quentin Cooper. Science fiction has long known what science only recently confirmed: ...

(Credit: Wikimedia Commons) With the announcement today of an Earth-sized planet orbiting in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, Earthlings' attention is focused once again on our nearest stellar ...

The search for 'another Earth' has been a staple of science fiction for decades, and now a group of astronomers hope to discover one on our galactic doorstep. Alpha Centauri is a triple star system ...

The blockbuster film Avatar featured a planet imagined to be circling Alpha Centauri B, the star closest to our sun. Now astronomers have discovered there really might be a system of planets there.

Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US An Earth-like planet has been discovered around the nearest star to our own Sun but astronomers have discounted the possibility of it ...

A planet orbiting Alpha Centauri would have two or even three suns, because the star system is made up of a trio of stars (Image: Michael S. Helfenbein) Nasa is preparing to launch a mission which ...

The search for interstellar visitors has taken an unexpected turn. While previous discoveries like ‘Oumuamua and Comet 2I/Borisov proved that objects from beyond our solar system can pass through, new ...

NASA has announced plans for an interstellar mission, to search for life outside our solar system. The US space agency plans to send a robotic spacecraft to neighbouring star system Alpha Centauri in ...

This is a mighty large universe. Somebody has got to name all the far-flung planets in it. Maybe that should be you. It'll cost you almost five bucks to do it, but, hey, it's all in the name of ...

Scientists have discovered what they believe is a second planet orbiting the star closest to our solar system, Proxima Centauri. Observations of light readings from Proxima Centauri by an ...

In a discovery that has been years in the making, researchers have confirmed the existence of a rocky planet named Proxima b orbiting Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our sun, according to a new ...