Question

Have a question in Astronomy is this the right place to get an answer?

Answer 1

Yeah Astronomy is physics.. you can ask.

Answer 2

Okay here is the question. How close are the nearest stars to the Sun as compared to the distance between the Sun and the Earth?
Yes I do know the Sun is a star.

Answer 3

The distance between sun and the nearest star (proxima centauri) is about 4.3 light years. It is approximately equal to 270000 times the distance between earth and sun.

Answer 4

Thank you for the answer it is appreciated.

Answer 5

the the sun is about is 8.3 light minutes away

Answer 6

Thank you for the answer.