The nearest single star to the Solar System has just ... The only stars closer to Earth are the Centauri trinary system. Barnard's star isn't just a lone star, like the Sun; it's a red dwarf ...

An exoplanet in the Trappist star system — a multi-planet star system similar to the solar system and just 39 light-years ...

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. Jamie Carter is an award-winning reporter who covers the night sky. Just six light-years from the solar system — in cosmic terms, our ...

"Chances are good that it's a viable, Earth-like planet today," said ... thousands of tiny spacecraft to travel to our nearest neighboring star system and send back pictures.

Jupiter is set to make its closest route to Earth, creating a dazzling aerial spectacle for viewers ... The planet will appear as a bright, golden point of light, which is noticeable from the stars.

In late 2019 the red supergiant closest to Earth, Betelgeuse, began to rapidly fade in brightness ... If Betelgeuse replaced the Sun at the centre of the Solar System, the Earth and Mars would be ...

Alpha Centauri, the closest star system to Earth, is home to three stars, one of which is so tantalizingly similar to our sun that many experts speculate that its solar system might contain ...

Astronomers have a new candidate in their search for the nearest black hole to Earth ... conditions are tricky at the moment because the star system is only now emerging from behind the Sun.