By 
Amali Vaz
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TED-Ed Original

Light seconds light years light centuries: How to measure extreme distances

When we look at the sky we have a flat two-dimensional view. So how do astronomers figure the distances of stars and galaxies from Earth? Yuan-Sen Ting shows us how trigonometric parallaxes standard candles and more help us determine the distance of objects several billion light years away from Earth.

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