The curious minds at What If land on Proxima Centauri b and explore its alien environment, revealing climate, terrain, and habitability.

The Alpha Centauri star system is just 4.2465 light-years away – a relative hop, skip, and a jump in a galaxy 100,000 light-years across. Wouldn't it be great to visit? Not just with a fleet of ...

Astronomers have identified Proxima Centauri b, a rocky planet just over four light-years away, as the closest potentially ...

Casimir cavities are mysterious spaces between microscopic metal plates in a vacuum. Areas of diminished energy between the ...

A new year brings a fresh Fierce Biotech Fundraising Tracker designed to record the significant amount of venture capital that flows into biopharma. We’re keeping the same guidelines used for last ...

Our solar system may be the odd one out. Across the Milky Way, astronomers keep finding super-Earths, planets larger than our ...