Answer: For near stars, astronomers use a method called parallax. During Earth’s orbit, near stars seem to shift their position against the farther stars. This is called parallax shift. By ...
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The Cosmic Distance Ladder. Source: ESA/Hubble Astronomers rely on parallax measurements of Cepheid variable stars for local distances of about 10,000 to 100,000 light-years. Parallax measurements ...
TOI-1453: Sub-Neptune in System of Two Exoplanets Mar. 14, 2025 — Astronomers have discovered two exoplanets around TOI-1453, a star about 250 light years away. These two exoplanets, a super ...
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