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Proxima Centauri is a small, low-mass star located 4.2465 light-years (1.3020 pc) away from the Sun in the southern constellation of Centaurus. Its Latin name means the 'nearest [star] of Centaurus'. It was discovered in 1915 by Robert Innes and is the nearest-known star to the Sun.
Aug 22, 2024 · Proxima Centauri, in the Alpha Centauri system, is the closest star to the Sun, at about 4.2 light-years away. The three planets thought to be orbiting it are the nearest extrasolar planets to Earth.
Oct 27, 2023 · The star known as Proxima Centauri, the sun’s nearest interstellar neighbor, turns out to have a hair-trigger temper, frequently erupting with potentially damaging stellar flares, including its...
Proxima Centauri b is a super Earth exoplanet that orbits a M-type star. Its mass is 1.07 Earths, it takes 11.2 days to complete one orbit of its star, and is 0.04856 AU from its star. Its discovery was announced in 2016.
Apr 17, 2023 · Shining brightly in this Hubble image is our closest stellar neighbor: Proxima Centauri. Proxima Centauri lies in the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur), just over four light-years from Earth.
Feb 10, 2022 · Proxima Centauri, Alpha Centauri C (α Cen C), is a red dwarf star located at a distance of 4.244 light years from Earth in the constellation Centaurus. It is the nearest star to the Sun and hosts the two nearest planets, Proxima b and Proxima c.
Feb 20, 2020 · The nearest exoplanet discovered so far orbits the star Proxima Centauri, located 4.2 light-years from our planet.
Aug 23, 2016 · The new planet circles Proxima Centauri, the smallest member of a triple star system known to science fiction fans everywhere as Alpha Centauri. Just over 4 light-years away, Proxima is the closest star to Earth, besides our own sun.
Proxima Centauri b (or Proxima b), [5] also referred to as Alpha Centauri Cb, is an exoplanet orbiting within the habitable zone of the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri, which is the closest star to the Sun and part of the larger triple star system Alpha Centauri. It is about 4.2 light-years (1.3 parsecs) from Earth in the constellation ...
At 4.2 lightyears distance from the Solar System, Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun. Find out more about our closest stellar neighbour.
