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Terence Tao continuing history’s cleverest cosmological measurements

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This video explains how we measure the distance to stars and galaxies. It uses clever methods like parallax to figure out how far away things are in space. It's a fun way to learn about astronomy!

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🧠 Quiz & Trivia

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Q1 What is parallax?

Answer: It's how objects appear to shift position when viewed from different places.

Q2 How did people measure the distance to Venus?

Answer: They took measurements from two different locations on Earth.

Q3 What is a 'cosmic distance ladder'?

Answer: A way of measuring increasingly larger distances in space.

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