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Get to know our nearest stars, their distances in light-years, spectral types and their known planets.

Earths distance from the sun averages to about 93 million miles (150 million km), which scientists also call one astronomical unit (1 AU).

Heres a rundown of the ten exoplanets regarded as the most Earth-like alien worlds discovered to date.

"Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized." -Benjamin Haydon You might look up at the night sky, at the vast canopy of stars we can see, and ask, exactly, what we're seeing? Image credit: Jim at Pictures Of My Universe.

As we ponder the upcoming year, it’s a good time to stop and reflect upon our place in the universe.

ESO, European Organisation for Astronomical Research in the Southern Hemisphere

A rare type of white dwarf star has been erupting in the most extreme superflares of its kind ever seen, researchers find in a new study.

Nine Maine creative economy endeavors by organizations from Portland Stage Co. Inc. to the Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Newcastle have been awarded $150,000 in federal funding. Projects include the world premiere production of "The Last Ship to Proxima Centauri" by Greg Lam at Portland Stage, which will receive $10,000, according to Tuesday's announcement. 

As some scientists try to figure out how to send tiny creatures or bacteria on spacecraft to other stars, Dana Wilde ponders the implications of our desire to explore the far reaches of space.

Small space probes containing tardigrades could be propelled up to 30 per cent the speed of light into space, scientists at University of California, Santa Barbara have proposed.