However, amidst this cosmic expanse lies one star system that is closer to us than any other: Alpha Centauri. This stellar ...

Traveling to Proxima Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, presents an enormous scientific challenge. The video ...

Astronomers are meticulously tracking the new interstellar visitor that is crossing our solar system. Officially designated ...

Astronomers have discovered a low-mass "sub-Earth" planet orbiting the closest solo star to the solar system, Barnard's star, that has a year lasting just three Earth days.

While the Proxima Centauri system is the closest to our solar system at a distance of 4.25 light-years away, it comprises three stars circling one another, making Barnard’s Star the nearest ...

It’s officially the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system and poses no threat to Earth.

Astronomers have spotted four smaller-than-Earth exoplanets orbiting the closest single-star system to us, called Barnard's Star. As detailed in a new paper published in the journal The ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

Four small, probably rocky planets orbit Barnard’s star (illustrated). The planetary system is the nearest one to the sun centered on a single star.

While the Proxima Centauri system is the closest to our solar system at a distance of 4.25 light-years away, it comprises three stars circling one another, making Barnard’s Star the nearest ...