https://www.pitara.com/tags/star-distances/Recent content in Star Distances on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/how-far-away-are-the-stars/Thu, 04 Dec 2003 12:42:03 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/how-far-away-are-the-stars/<p>The sun is a star, just like the thousands of others we see in the sky each night. But it looks so very big. Is it the biggest star? No. The only reason the sun appears so big is because it is closer to us than any other star.</p> <p>The sun is just 93,000,000 miles (or 14,88,000,000 km) away from the earth. That seems an awful lot of distance, but light can travel so quickly that the sun&rsquo;s rays reach the earth in a little more than eight minutes! That is the wonder of light.</p>