14 November 2018
Super-Earth exoplanet found around closest single star to the Sun
... international team of astronomers behind the discovery were also the same team who in 2016 spotted Proxima Centauri b; the closest known exoplanet to us only four light years away. Using the same method, known as the...
18 February 2019
Gigantic remnant found around an exploding star
... of planet-building material to get going with [to put the distance into perspective, the nearest star to us (Proxima Centauri) is ‘only’ four light years away and it would take a human travelling at a constant velocity of 60,000 kilometres per...
07 September 2020
A new study helps narrow the search for intelligent life
... of the Earth; one parsec is about 30 trillion kilometres, or just over three light-years. For comparison, Proxima Centauri, the nearest known star to earth other than the sun, is about 1.3 parsecs (4.24 ly) away. Although the results...
24 September 2019
New global Space Safety Coalition established
... have endorsed the SSC's Best Practices document, including AMOS by Spacecom, Analytical Graphics, Astroscale, AXA XL, Centauri, D-Orbit, Geeks without Frontiers, Hellas-Sat, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Iridium, Loverro Consulting, MAXAR, OneWeb, Planet...
