But now, by using a technique called the trigonometric parallax method, a team of astronomers led by Xu Ye have been able to get a better sense of our location relative to other stars.

The parallax method of measurement forms the lowest rung of what is called “the cosmic distance ladder,” the first in a succession of methods by which astronomers determine the distances to ...

A way of estimating more accurate distances to the thousands of so-called 'planetary nebulae' dispersed across our Galaxy has just been announced by a team of three astronomers based at the ...

A way of estimating more accurate distances to the thousands of so-called 'planetary nebulae' dispersed across our Galaxy has just been announced by a team of three astronomers.

The distance of 66,000 light-years almost doubles the previous record of the longest distance directly measured. The direct measurement method used was trigonometric parallax, first used in 1838.

Astronomical distances are most easily measured using the so-called trigonometric parallax, in which astronomers make use of the annual shift in the star's position as a consequence of the Earth's ...

Hubble precisely measures distance to ancient star cluster The new measurement uses straightforward trigonometry, the same method used by surveyors ...

Trisha Mizusawa, Jason Merritt, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Michael Bonaro, Sean Foran, Christopher Plumberg, Heather Stewart, Trayer Wiley, Edward M. Sion, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of Seven Nova-Like ...