However, this new planet does orbit in the so-called “habitable zone” of Proxima Centauri — meaning, it’s not too far away from its star to allow for the presence of water on its surface.

"Astronomers have recently found there are two 'Earth-like' rocky planets around Proxima Centauri, one within the 'habitable zone' where any water could be in liquid form," said Andrew Zic from ...

some of which might contain our first look at Proxima Centauri's potentially habitable planet. While Lubin stressed that a ...

As it happens, there’s a rocky planet, called Proxima Centauri b, orbiting in the habitable zone of Proxima Centauri, a red dwarf that’s the nearest star to our own, about 4.2 light-years ...

Astronomers have found some pretty wild exoplanets. Some are balls of lava the temperature of hell, one is partially made of ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. The nearby star Proxima Centauri has long been considered a potential place to search ...

In 2016, astronomers found a planet orbiting the nearest star to Earth in this system, called Proxima Centauri ... closer than the habitable zone … even if the star is about 2,500 degrees ...

New research suggests that life could thrive on exoplanets with unique atmospheres, expanding the definition of habitability ...

the rocky planet that orbits within its parent star's circumsolar habitable zone (CHZ). As we addressed in previous articles, ...

Here are some pics of most earth-like exoplanets uploaded by NASA: Gliese 667Cc, 22 light-years from Earth, is 4.5 times Earth's mass, orbits its cooler red dwarf star in 28 days, and likely resides ...