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Because it's so much closer to us than other stars.

The nearest star outside our solar system is about 278,000 times as far from us as the sun is.

And all the others are even farther than that.

If you take a little flashlight, hold it in front of your face, and shine it at your eye, it'll look

even bigger and brighter than the sun. It's all a matter of how near or far the object is.

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