To reach the nearest known exoplanet using current technology would take:
A) a matter of months.
B) 4.4 years.
C) about a century.
D) about 40,000 years.
E) close to a million years.

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The nearest known exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b, is about 4.24 light-years away. With current spacecraft technology, it would take tens of thousands of years to reach it.

To Reach the Nearest Known Exoplanet Using Current Technology Would