New discovery of the ability to exist planets near the Solar System

A team of astronomers discovered traces of cold-formed clouds surrounding the Proxima b planet discovered in 2016, about the same size as the Earth and closest to the Solar System.

From this finding, scientists have found that many hidden planets have not been found.

This is the first sign of the existence of a complex planetary system, not just a single planet.

According to lead researcher Guillem Anglada, the discovery of cosmic dust clouds is important because after discovering the planet, this is the first sign of the existence of a complex planetary system, not just one. single planet, around the star closest to the Solar System.

Data from the Atacama Large Millimeter Array Observatory (ALMA) indicates that dust clouds appear to be within a few hundred million km wide belt from Proxima Centauri - a faint red dwarf located four light years away from the Centaurus (Centaurus) constellation bright south. The total mass of this dust belt is equivalent to about 1/100 of the Earth's mass, with a temperature of about -230 degrees Celsius, as cold as outside the Solar System.

Dust collars are what remains of matter that does not produce larger objects like the planet. The stones and ice on these dust rings have different sizes, from the smallest dust particles to a diameter of less than 1mm to asteroids of many kilometers in diameter.

Astronomers believe that the discovery of the dust structures around Proxima above is only the beginning and the continued observation will give the scientists a more detailed picture of the Proxima planetary system.

According to astronomers, combining the study of pre-planetary disks around young stars will reveal a lot of information about the formation of the Earth and the Solar System about 4.6 billion years ago.