{"id":15134,"date":"2017-11-03T06:00:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T10:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15134"},"modified":"2017-11-02T20:51:10","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T00:51:10","slug":"eso-dust-belt-observed-around-proxima-centauri-our-nearest-neighbor-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=15134","title":{"rendered":"ESO: Dust belt observed around Proxima Centauri, our nearest neighbor star"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new\u00a0ESO<\/a>\u00a0(European Southern Observatory) report:<\/p>\n

ALMA Discovers Cold Dust Around Nearest Star<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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This artist\u2019s impression shows how the newly discovered belts of dust around the closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri, may look. ALMA observations revealed the glow coming from cold dust in a region between one to four times as far from Proxima Centauri as the Earth is from the Sun. The data also hint at the presence of an even cooler outer dust belt and indicate the presence of an elaborate planetary system. These structures are similar to the much larger belts in the Solar System and are also expected to be made from particles of rock and ice that failed to form planets. Note that this sketch is not to scale \u2014 to make Proxima b clearly visible it has been shown further from the star and larger than it is in reality. [ Larger images<\/a>]<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>ALMA Observatory in Chile has detected dust around the closest star to the Solar System, Proxima Centauri. These new observations reveal the glow coming from cold dust in a region between one to four times as far from Proxima Centauri as the Earth is from the Sun. The data also hint at the presence of an even cooler outer dust belt and may indicate the presence of an elaborate planetary system. These structures are similar to the much larger belts in the Solar System and are also expected to be made from particles of rock and ice that failed to form planets.<\/p>\n