How do astronomers measure distance?

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Daniel talks about how astronomers can measure or deduce the mass of a star, and why it controls its fate.

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How do you measure a star? In the middle of the 20thcentury, an interdisciplinary and international community of scientists began using radio waves to measure heavenly bodies and transformed astronomy as a result. David P. D. Munns‘s new book charts the process through which radi ...  Show more

Daniel and Jorge talk about how megaconstellations of satellites might spoil our view of the Universe. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The Kepler Telescope has detected hundreds of exoplanets in our galaxy. What's the story behind it and how does it work?

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