Synonyms for Proxima Centauri
ˈprɒk sə məprox·i·ma cen·tau·ri

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1. Proxima Centaurinoun

   Synonyms:
   Alpha Centauri C

2. Proxima Centaurinoun

   A red dwarf star, part of the Alpha Centauri system. It is the nearest star to Earth's solar system.

   Synonyms:
   Alpha Centauri C

Princeton's WordNet

1. Proxima, Proxima Centaurinoun

   the nearest star to the sun; distance: 4.3 light years

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1. Meredith MacGregor:

   If there was life on the planet nearest to Proxima Centauri, it would have to look very different than anything on Earth, a human being on this planet would have a bad time.

2. Alycia Weinberger:

   Proxima Centauri is of similar age to the Sun, so Proxima Centauri's been blasting Proxima Centauri planets with high energy flares for billions of years, studying these extreme flares with multiple observatories lets us understand what Proxima Centauri planets have endured and how they might have changed.

3. Meredith MacGregor:

   Proxima Centauri b went from normal to 14,000 times brighter when seen in ultraviolet wavelengths over the span of a few seconds.

4. Meredith MacGregor:

   Proxima Centauri's planets are getting hit by something like this not once in a century, but at least once a day if not several times a day.