American Museum of Natural History / Space Sciences Laboratory / Harvard Smithsonian Center / /
IndustryTerm
inverse-square law / inverse square law / energy / /
Organization
National Aeronautics and Space Administration / Center for Science Education / NASA Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer Mission / Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics / Explorer mission / Harvard / /
Person
Leitha Thrall / Bryan Mendez / Kyle Fricke / Karin Hauck / Darlene Yan / Nancy Alima Ali / /
Position
flashlight head / Astrophysics Educator Ambassadors / /
The Inverse Square Law of Light The relationship between distance and brightness, and how astronomers measure distances to far away objects Image Credit: Splung.com