Proxima Centauri: The second nearest star to earth

Everyone here knows that the Sun is the nearest star to the earth! But most of us don't know which is the second nearest star to us.. And if someone knows then he limited upto it's name only!
So, I must tell you about the second nearest star to the earth and about its amazing fact :)
Lemme start now...
Proxima Centauri is the second nearest star to us! But there is nothing amazing in this!
Well it's about to come...
Even though Proxima Centauri is the second nearest star to us, it is 4.3 light years away! (Light Year is the time taken by light to travel in space. In space, light year is used instead of kms. to measure the distance)
So, Light from Proxima Centauri takes about 4.3 years to reach the earth which is far more than the Sun's time i.e. just 8.3 minutes!

This means that when we see Proxima Centauri from earth, we see it as it was before 4.3 years:)
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