She added that such flares from Proxima Centauri might be more common than scientists think—bad news for any nearby lifeforms. Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy; Department of Astrophysical ...

Proxima Centauri is just 4.2 light years from Earth ... Mr Zic said: "The probability that the observed solar flare and received radio signal from our neighbour were not connected is much ...

In the case of the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, researchers believe that, like many of its type, the star likely produces regular solar flares and CMEs. Unless Proxima Centauri b managed to form a ...

In 2016, researchers at Queen Mary discovered an exoplanet, Proxima b, orbiting our nearest star, Proxima Centauri. An exoplanet is a planet outside our own solar system. This is the closest such ...

The most prominent of these enterprises (pun intended), is a project known as Breakthrough Starshot, which aims to use lasers to propel a solar sail ... reaching Proxima Centauri—the nearest ...

Our space-exploration ambitions have boldly taken humans to the moon, rovers to Mars and spacecraft to the outer reaches of ...

The closest star to Earth, Proxima Centauri (PC), is still about 8000 times further away from us than Pluto. Propelling a ...