And it is not true. The star nearest to us is what is commonly know as the sun, and this star is only 8.2 light-minutes away. Not a good start if you think you can have a phylosophical discussion on astro-physics.
really jelle we are not scolars on the subject but do you have to get critical over the sun is a star thing ...i may just have opened a pool and not want to swim
anyway just a cool referance i heard before: if you counted all of the grains of sand on earth it would egual 1% of the stars in the universe.now that is mind boggling