Every day, it rises. Faint, red, invisible to the naked eye. The closest star to our Sun. Just 4.2 light-years away. Practically next door. And it's one of the most violent stellar neighbors imaginable. Proxima Centauri doesn't just sit there quietly. It erupts. Constantly. Superflares five times a year. One flare in 2019 made the star 14,000 times brighter in ultraviolet light in just seven seconds. 100 times more powerful than anything our Sun has ever produced. Full video is up now




















