Our Nearest Star is Looking More and More Familiar
This picture was created by an artist to show us what the belts of dust around the closest star to the Solar System look like. This sketch is not to scale — in reality, the central star would be much smaller and the dust belts further out.
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ESO/M. Kornmesser
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