![A large glaring star shines bright against a dark night sky.](https://www.frostscience.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FeatherToStars-LongCommute-MobileModule.jpg)
Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun, is 4.37 light years away. The space shuttle would take 165,000 years to get there.
Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our Sun, is 4.37 light years away. The space shuttle would take 165,000 years to get there.