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[–] CapinBoredface 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Wait.

Now, granted, I am not an astrophysicist or anything like that. I'm just a humble engineering student. But I am almost positive that we can prove exactly how far away stars in our universe are and how fast they are moving and in what direction. Correct me if I'm wrong, because I might be, but I have never been made aware that it cannot be measured.

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[–] frankenham ago 

There's no way to confirm or deny the assumptions, and that's besides that the two furthest away points Earth travels still makes triangulating their distance like guessing when two parallel lines will intersect. The numbers given for star distances are assumptions which cannot be empirically verified.. far from absolute fact.

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[–] CapinBoredface ago 

What in saying is that I am 100% sure that the distance can be empirically identified. I mean, we know how long it takes light to cover a certain distance (called a light year) because we can measure the speed of light... And we can also tell how "old" light is, for lack of a better term.

That gives us a damn good estimate on how far away a star is.

So what I'm asking is why you think it can't be measured.