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Alpha Centauri
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Stars nearest to the Sun
Updated
2025-07-16
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Figure 1.
Source
.
Figure 2.
Distance
of stars nearest to the Sun
as
function of
time
.
Source
.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Near-stars-past-future-en.svg
Some notable ones:
Proxima Centauri
, the nearest one, at
4
ly
. It is part of the
Alpha Centauri
star system
, which contains two other
stars
at very similar
distances
as
well, and their relative
distances
to
earth
will change
positions
in
a
few tens of thousands of
years
.
Sirius
, the brightest
star
in the
sky
at
9
ly
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