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How Far Are The Nearest Stars?

Cody'sLab

How Far Are The Nearest Stars?

Cody's Lab builds a 200-billionth-scale model to show how far away the nearest stars are, using parallax and light speed. A short astronomy explainer on interstellar distances.

Recommended whenever threads need an intuition for the vast distances between stars.

6 Hacker News mentions · 2019–2025

Topics

  • Cosmology & astrophysics
  • Space exploration & spaceflight

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