The nearest star to our Sun is a red dwarf but why is it a struggle to see it?

The nearest star to our Sun is a red dwarf but why is it a struggle to see it?
Observations of X-ray emissions around the four-light-year-distant star system shows encouraging signs for habitability of any orbiting exoplanets
In early 2017, Proxima Centauri exhibited a tremendous stellar flare that could have damaged our closest exoplanet, Proxima b
Cold dust has been found to surround our neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri – a feature that resembles our Solar System’s Kuiper Belt
Breakthrough Listen, the 10-year, $100-million astronomical search for intelligent life beyond our planet, has announced its first observations using CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope
The team behind the Rosetta mission report exclusively for All About Space on how the comet chaser has solved the mystery of the Solar System
The new world, around Proxima Centauri, has a temperature suitable for liquid water to exist on its surface
Read on for some fast facts about our Sun’s closest star
It holds dwarf planets and it’s poisonous – that’s just two facts about this comet-laden object