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Proxima Centauri may host planetary system
November 8 , 2017
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- Scientists have detected dust belts around Proxima Centauri, the closest star to Sun.
- These observations were made from Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) observatory in Chile.
- This finding indicates the presence of an elaborate planetary system hosted by Proxima Centauri.
- Proxima Centauri is a faint red dwarf lying four light years away in the southern constellation of Centaurus.
- It is orbited by the Earth-sized Proxima b which is the closest exoplanet to the solar system.
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