Twenty years to Proxima

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:14:05 +0000

You've probably heard of Alpha Centauri. It's often called the nearest star to us, though strictly it is the nearest star system to us. That's because Alpha Centauri is actually three stars - Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri. Proxima it is - the name may have given it away - that's the nearest star to us.