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Which is our nearest star?
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After our own Sun, the nearest star to Earth is Proxima Centauri. It is 4.2 light-years away, or about 25 million million miles (40 million million km). The Sun is a mere 8 light-minutes from Earth. | | The Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy. All the stars that we see in the night sky are in the Milky Way. |
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Book:
1001
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Section:
Space
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Chapter:
The Universe
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