Dylan Shulman
Encyclopædia Britannica Editor
Dylan Shulman is an Editorial Intern at Encyclopædia Britannica. He graduated from the University of Maryland in 2023 with a bachelor's degree in journalism and French.
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Proxima Centauri is the closest star to the Sun, about 4.2 light-years away in the Alpha Centauri system. As a red dwarf star—the most common type of star—Proxima Centauri is about seven times smaller than the Sun and a little more than half as hot, at 3,100 kelvins. In fact, the tiny star is only…
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