1. The next-closest known star to the Sun is Proxima Centauri, located 4.2 light years away.

2. The nearest star to our own is Proxima Centuari and it lies just over 4 light-years away.

3. The nearest star to our own is Proxima Centuari and it lays just over 4 light-years away.

4. The third star, a red dwarf called Proxima Centauri, circles this couple at a considerable distance and is too faint for Fischer's team to study, but it could boast small planets, too.

5. Katherine Freese, a University of Michigan astrophysicist, told Big Think that "the nearest star [to Earth] is Proxima Centauri which is 4.2 light years away.

6. Standing on Pandora (as you will soon) you can see two disks of light on the horizon at sunset, but never the third, since Proxima is too far away and just looks like a star.

7. Moreover, given ingenious mission design, it might be possible to visit the nearby red dwarf star Proxima Centauri as well.