What is the next closest star to our solar system?

Proxima Centauri
The closest star to us is actually our very own Sun at 93,000,000 miles (150,000,000 km). The next closest star is Proxima Centauri. It lies at a distance of about 4.3 light-years or about 25,300,000,000,000 miles (about 39,900,000,000,000 kilometers).

Could another star entered our solar system?

Nonetheless, a few stars should still come surprisingly close. And if a large, slow-moving star did pass through the edge of the Oort Cloud, it could really shake up the solar system. Many nearby stars will pass close to the Oort Cloud, but only one will move through it.

Is there any danger that another star will come crashing through our solar system in the near future?

Fortunately, you’re not in any danger. Known as Gliese 710 said star on its way towards the Earth, the Sun, and the rest of the planets that make up the Solar System. While the star itself won’t collide with the Earth, its surrounding space rocks, exoplanets, and planetoids might.

Are any stars getting closer to Earth?

The planet, Proxima Centauri b, is a lot closer to its star than Earth is to the Sun….Our Nearest Stellar Neighbors.

What would happen if a new planet entered our solar system?

The rogue planet might not push us out of the habitable zone, but it would bring us much closer to the Sun for very short and exceptionally hot summers. Those extreme summers would be followed by long and super cold winters. Quick summers would leave us less time to grow crops.

Can rogue planets support life?

Rogue planets floating through the frigid conditions in interstellar space seem unlikely to support life, on the surface anyway. But here in our own Solar System, there are planets and moons so far from the Sun that they may as well be in interstellar space.