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A Nearby Planet Thought to Host Life Was Just Blasted With Radiation

Since its discovery in 2016, the exoplanet Proxima b has been one of our most promising candidates for extraterrestrial life. Recent news that a powerful solar flare blasted the planet with radiation…

Powerful Flare from Star Proxima Centauri Detected with ALMA

Space weather emitted by Proxima Centauri, the star closest to our  stars (Sun),  may make that system rather inhospitable to life after all. Using data from the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimete…

Astronomers Detect Another Earth-Sized Alien World Orbiting Proxima Centauri

The new planet dubbed Proxima C orbits Proxima Centauri, a star system located some 4 light years from Earth. You may remember the Proxima Centauri system from 2016 when astronomers discovered a plan…

Impossible Physics: Meet NASA’s Design For Warp Drive Ship

Warp drive can travel 10 times faster than the speed of light without actually breaking the barrier of light. However, most experts consider that the technology will never truly work . Regardless of …
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