That's a long way—but it's not even 1% of the distance to Alpha Centauri, the nearest star to the sun. If humans are going to send ships to the stars, space travel will have to get a lot faster. One ...

Discovering a machine that could somehow produce thrust without releasing propellant would be a game-changer for human space travel. There’s just one problem—such a device would defy the laws ...

Proxima Centauri, a star four light-years from the ... potentially obliterating the planet’s air. Not having an atmosphere, which traps important gases like oxygen and water vapor, may render ...

Elements of this image furnished by NASA (depositphotos) Among the 11 newly discovered planets, Proxima Centauri b stands out due to its proximity to Earth. Located just 4.24 light-years away, it ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Proxima Centauri, an active M dwarf star, exhibits intense flare activity in radio and millimeter wavelengths, as observed by ALMA. These flares, ranging from 10 ...

New research led by a York University professor sheds light on the earliest days of Earth's formation and potentially calls into question some earlier assumptions in planetary science about the ...

An amused observer joked: "It's Batman's new call sign" while another mused: "It's a worm hole to Alpha Centauri. Opens to allow aliens safe passage to earth." The mysterious spectacle in the sky ...

Proxima Centauri is also known as Alpha Centauri C, because it is actually part of a ... making it a prime target to investigate the effects of stellar activity on the habitability of planets orbiting ...

Planet Labs (NYSE:PL) achieved a milestone in the fourth quarter, reporting positive adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the first time since becoming a ...

Could Proxima Centauri be reached sooner than we thought? Donald Trump Gives DOGE Update as Elon Musk Says He'll Step Down in May All but one of the 20 Concordes are accounted for. Here’s what ...

Alpha One, a unique mix of roguelike, FPS, base-building and survival elements heading to Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC in 2018. The trailer reveals the ability to land upon a wide variety of ...