Tag Archive for 'Proxima c'

An artist’s conception of a violent stellar flare from Proxima Centauri. Image credit: S. Dagnello, NRAO / AUI / NSF.

Proxima Centauri Exhibits Extreme Flaring Activity, New ALMA Observations Show

Mar 24, 2025 by News Staff

Proxima Centauri’s flaring activity has been well known to astronomers using visible wavelengths, but new observations with the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...

An artist’s impression of the Proxima Centauri system. Image credit: Lorenzo Santinelli.

Signal of Interest from Proxima Centauri Was Not Alien Technosignature, Astronomers Say

Oct 26, 2021 by Natali Anderson

In 2019, astronomers with the Breakthrough Listen project observed Proxima Centauri using CSIRO’s Parkes ‘Murriyang’ radio telescope. They detected...

An artist’s impression of a powerful flare from Proxima Centauri ejecting material onto a nearby planet. Image credit: Mark Myers / OzGrav.

Stellar Flare-Associated Radio Burst Detected from Proxima Centauri

Dec 10, 2020 by News Staff

Astronomers have detected a bright, long-duration optical flare accompanied by intense radio bursts from Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s nearest stellar...

Super-Earth Proxima c Has Earth-Like Stellar Environment, Study Suggests

Dec 1, 2020 by Natali Anderson

In a new study published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, astronomers investigated the effects the activity of the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri...

Astronomers Confirm Two Planets in Proxima Centauri System

Jun 15, 2020 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers have finally confirmed the existence of two exoplanets — Proxima b and c — orbiting Proxima Centauri, the Sun’s closest stellar...

Proxima c: Possible Second Planet Found around Sun’s Nearest Neighbor

Jan 16, 2020 by Sergio Prostak

An international team of astronomers has detected a candidate super-Earth planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun. An artist’s...