December 6, 2021
The closest star to the Earth is the Sun which on average is 93 million miles away. The closest star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri. This red dwarf star is about 4.2 light years away. The most distant star ever observed is MACS J1149+2223 Lensed Star 1, nicknamed Icarus which is roughly 9 billion light years away.
The nearest star to the Sun, Proxima Centauri seen by the Hubble Space Telescope. Image credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA.