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The closest star to us, Proxima Centauri, and the planet that orbits it, Proxima b, are just 4.2 light-years away. The cool and faint red dwarf star is part of the Alpha Centauri system along with two ...

Although our Sun is the only star in our solar system, that isn't the case for every planetary system. It's estimated that about than half of stars could be binaries, though the exact percentage is ...

Astronomers have observed a radiation belt around an ultracool dwarf star, the first ever seen outside the solar system. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

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In the annals of planethood, astronomers consider the star Epsilon Eridani a member of the fabulous four. Along with Fomalhaut, Beta Pictoris and Vega, Epsilon Eridani is one of the first four stars ...