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What is the closest star to the Earth

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008

We’ve already answered in a previous post that the Sun is the closest star to the Earth, but when most people ask this they’re really asking, what is the closest star to the Sun. The closest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri at 4.2 light-years away.
Interestingly, most folks often think of Alpha Centauri as [...]

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