How do astronomers measure distance?

Oct 19, 2015 · 2 min · 2.2 MB

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Since astronomers can't actually travel to a star, they rely on two ingenious methods to measure a star's distance from earth. Listen in as Marshall Brain breaks down the science of space measurement in this editor's choice podcast from HowStuffWorks.

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