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That said, there’s enough uncertainty with the team’s direction that the error bars are wide here.
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Murat Ates,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Astronomy is rarely an exact science; the error bars are often big.
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Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
The error bars on these estimates are pretty large—literally five times the mass of the Sun.
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ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2026
That accounts for the plus-or-minus 0.05-arc-second error bar on any calculation of the solar radius.
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Ryan French,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Murat Ates,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
Astronomy is rarely an exact science; the error bars are often big.
—
Literary Hub,
7 Apr. 2026
The error bars on these estimates are pretty large—literally five times the mass of the Sun.
—
ArsTechnica,
1 Apr. 2026
That accounts for the plus-or-minus 0.05-arc-second error bar on any calculation of the solar radius.
—
Ryan French,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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“Error bar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/error%20bar. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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