| Apart from the sun, our own star, the nearest star to us is Proxima Centauri, 4.2 light years away. |
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| The most likely destinations are the stars closest to Earth, such as Alpha Centauri and Proxima Centauri, Tau Ceti, and Epsilon Eridani. |
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| This is about the same distance that we are from Proxima Centauri, the nearest star beyond the sun. |
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| Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to the Sun at four light years away, is a red dwarf and is too dim to be seen without a telescope. |
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| Our next-door neighbor star, Proxima Centauri, is more than five times that distance. |
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| But we shall take scarcely more than two years to reach it, while we should have needed almost as much time to arrive in the region of Proxima Centauris. |
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| It is part of a triple system consisting of a pair of Sun-like stars, Alpha Centauri A and B, and a more distant and faint red companion, Proxima Centauri. |
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