Tau Ceti

nearby Sun-like star

12 light-years from Earth

A Sun-like star 11.9 light-years away, older than the Sun and poorer in metals. In 1960 it was one of the first two stars searched for alien radio signals, and four planets a few times Earth's mass may orbit it.

• 11.9 light-years · 79% of the Sun's width, 5,320 K
• 4 candidate planets, each at least 1.7 Earth masses

kind

star

size

1,100,000 km across