whats it like analysing the stars

Question: whats it like analysing the stars
- Keywords:
  galaxy,
  space,
  universe
Asked by kbainton to Nick on 7 Mar 2014.
- Nick Wright answered on 7 Mar 2014:
  
  I really enjoy it because I think it’s amazing to be able to study these objects that are so big and so far away. We can’t touch these distant stars, and we probably won’t be able to visit all of them, but we can find out a lot about them just by their light. For example by looking at their light we can tell how big they are and how hot they are, and we’re now learning to understand how old they are too,

Question: whats it like analysing the stars