In the case of the red dwarf Proxima Centauri, researchers believe that, like many of its type, the star likely produces regular solar flares and CMEs. Unless Proxima Centauri b managed to form a ...

The most prominent of these enterprises (pun intended), is a project known as Breakthrough Starshot, which aims to use lasers to propel a solar sail ... reaching Proxima Centauri—the nearest ...