Some of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrials have remained, so far, mostly hidden from astronomers. Now a game-changing instrument called NIRPS (Near-Infrared Planet Searcher) is ...

A giant planet the size of Saturn orbiting a sun-like star has potentially been identified in our nearest neighbouring stellar system, Alpha Centauri. At just four light years from Earth, Alpha ...

Astronomers have confirmed the existence of Proxima b, an Earth like planet right in our cosmic backyard. Located just 4.2 light years away, it's the closest potential home for life beyond our solar ...

In some of its most ambitious work yet, the James Webb Space Telescope looked to spot a planet in a potentially habitable orbit around Alpha Centauri A, the nearest sunlike star to our solar system ...

Travelling to our nearest star system is the ultimate one-way trip — but could you live your life among the stars? Let us know in our latest poll. When you purchase through links on our site, we may ...

Would you leave Earth behind to travel to our nearest star system? Live Science readers reveal their thoughts about life among the stars. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an ...

The sun will never set on NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, which will aim its cameras at our nearest star from an orbit matching the Earth's rotation after its scheduled launch Tuesday. That will ...