In early 2017, Proxima Centauri exhibited a tremendous stellar flare that could have damaged our closest exoplanet, Proxima b
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Astronomers discover belt of dust surrounding nearest star
Cold dust has been found to surround our neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri – a feature that resembles our Solar System’s Kuiper Belt
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Unexpected nitrogen discovered in ‘butterfly-shaped’ star cloud
The stellar formation area has a peculiar section of compounds
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Astronomers watch the birth of a young planetary system
For the first time we’ve seen how a powerful whirlwind shoots out from a rotating disc of gas and dust surrounding a young star