Proxima Centauri, which is about 4.24 light-years away, and is in the Centaurus constellation. See Related links below this box for more information.
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Becuse it's the nearest one to us ... roughly 0.00000377 as far from usas the next nearest star is.
Not counting the Sun, the next nearest star is 4.3 light years from us.
The sun is the nearest star. It's about 393 times as far from usas the moon is.The next nearest star is about 106,800,000 times as far from usas the moon is.From the point of view of any star, the moon and the earth arepretty much in the same place.
The Sun is by far the nearest star to Jupiter.
The nearest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, a small red dwarf star about 4.2 light years away.
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There's no such thing as "earth's" star. The nearest star that's not the sun is Proxima Centauri, roughly 4.4 light years away.
As of June 2014, the closest known star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri is located 4.24 light-years away from the Sun.
4.2 light years away
That would be Proxima Centauri. About 4.2 light-years.
The sun is always by far the closest, regardless of time of day. The next nearest star is Proxima centauri, over 4 lightyears away.