Standard candles

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Astronomical objects with known luminosity (like Cepheid variables and Type Ia supernovae) used to measure distances in the universe.

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Dark matter: the next frontier – Public lecture by Dr. David E. Kaplan

Dark matter: the next frontier – Public lecture by Dr. David E. Kaplan

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Astronomical objects with known luminosity (like Cepheid variables and Type Ia supernovae) used to measure distances in the universe.