Question

What is the name of the closest star to our sun? Tau Ceti Proxima Centauri Alpha Centauri B Alpha Centauri A

Answer 1

The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system.

It is lying about 4.37 light-years away from the sun.

One of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is slightly closer, at 4.24 light-years.

Of all the stars closer than 15 light-years, only two are spectral type G, similar to our sun: Alpha Centauri A and Tau Ceti.