Giant star-forming regions like the Orion molecular cloud complex might give rise to most stars in the galaxy, but there are plenty of closer, smaller regions if you know what to look for.

If Alpha Centauri—the closest star system to us—is home to an Earth-like planet in the habitable zone this is what it looks like. But we've got to find it by 2035.

How close are we to discovering life beyond Earth? In this video, we explore the nearest exoplanets - worlds orbiting other ...

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.

Possible Closest Neutron Star To Earth Found Date: August 20, 2007 Source: Penn State Summary: Astronomers have identified an object that is likely one of the closest neutron stars to Earth -- and ...

And now, the star’s family tree appears to be growing again: A third terrestrial planet has been found orbiting the nearest star to Earth. A new addition.

Proxima Centauri, the closest star to the sun, might have a second planet in its orbit, according to a new study.; Astronomers think the planet, called Proxima c, is a super-Earth that formed far ...

Just a cosmic hop, skip and jump away, an Earth-size planet orbits the closest star to our sun, Proxima Centauri. Ever since the discovery of the exoplanet — known as Proxima Centauri b— in ...

If confirmed, these stealthy black holes would be the closest ones to Earth ever detected. Sitting only 150 light-years from our planet (about 900 trillion miles), these potential black holes are ...

The closest cluster of stars to Earth is falling apart and will soon die, astronomers say. Using the Gaia spacecraft to measure velocities of stars in the Hyades cluster and those escaping from ...

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.

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.