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What’s a parsec? Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice break down space’s weirdest unit of measure. Learn how people came up with parsec and how Star Wars, once again, doesn’t understand science.

Timestamps:
00:00 – Embarrassing Unit of Measure
1:13 – Origins of Parsec
3:12 – Parallax Experiment
7:59 – Parsec vs. Light Year
10:21 – Star Wars Messed Up
12:42 – Closing

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