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Monday 15 April 2019

Asteroids help scientists to measure the diameters of faraway stars

Using the unique capabilities of telescopes specialized on cosmic gamma rays, scientists have measured the smallest apparent size of a star on the night sky to date. The measurements reveal the diameters of a giant star 2,674 light-years away and of a sun-like star at a distance of 700 light-years.

from All Top News -- ScienceDaily http://bit.ly/2Gjd7r4

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