The evidence for the age of the Sphinx is not only that it is aligned with Leo rising for 10,500 BC, but also that the erosion on the body of the Sphinx can only be attributed to rainfall, which did not occur in the region much after 10,500 BC.
Proxima Centauri (from Latin, meaning nearest [star] of Centaurus) is a red dwarf, a small low-mass star, about 4.25 light-years from the Sun in the constellation of Centaurus.
Report Abuse. All stars are different in distance and the closest is 4 light years away, that means if you pointed a red laser light at it, it would take 4 years for that light to reach that star, if the sun died suddenly it would take 8 minutes for us to realize this since the sun is 8 light minutes away from us.