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Sunday 14 December 2014

Astronomers Use Real Data, Instead of Theory, to Measure Distances in Space



A research team from Imperial College London and the University of Barcelona has used data from astronomical surveys to measure a standard distance that is central to our understanding of the expansion of the universe. Previously the size of this ‘standard ruler’ has only been predicted from theoret…

by José Lourenço via Facebook at December 14, 2014 at 12:27PM

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