Proxima Centauri Trivia Questions

It's actually a faint red dwarf, much smaller and cooler than the Sun, with only about 12% of its mass.

Proxima Centauri is indeed the nearest known star to the Sun, part of the Alpha Centauri triple system.

It's too faint to see without a telescope, with an apparent magnitude of about 11.13.

Proxima b, discovered in 2016, is Earth-sized and orbits in the habitable zone; Proxima c is a larger, colder super-Earth.

It orbits Alpha Centauri A and B at a vast distance of about 0.04 light-years, completing one orbit in hundreds of thousands of years.

Its age is uncertain, but models suggest it's around 4.8 billion years old, similar to or slightly older than the Sun.

At 10% light speed, the trip would take roughly 42 years, but current technology can't achieve that speed; the statement is false because it's actually plausible—it's true.

Despite its dimness, it produces stellar flares up to 100 times stronger than the Sun's, posing risks to any orbiting life.