Astronomy: Radio telescopes settle controversy over distance to Pleiades
Friday, August 29, 2014 - 04:00
in Astronomy & Space
A worldwide network of radio telescopes measured the distance to the famous star cluster the Pleiades to an accuracy within 1 percent. The result resolved a controversy raised by a satellite's measurement that now is shown to be wrong. The incorrect measurement had challenged standard models of star formation and evolution.