How far away are stars from earth?

The nearest stars, their distances in light-years, spectral types and known planets. The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, about 4.37 light-years away. One of these stars, Proxima Centauri, is slightly closer, at 4.24 light-years. read more

Even the stars within the visible universe are far too numerous to count, but the farthest one that humans have ever detected is about 55 million light years away. This incredibly distant star is called SDSS J 122952.66 +112227.8. read more

The nearest stars to Earth are in the Alpha Centauri triple-star system, about 4.37 light-years away. 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. read more

Our galaxy is about 80,000 light years wide so stars still in our galaxy can be thousands of light years away. By the way, the star closest to the Earth is, of course, the Sun which is about 93 million miles away or 500 light seconds. read more