Thursday 5 November 2015

Supernova twins: Making standard candles more standard than ever

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Type Ia supernovae are bright 'standard candles' for measuring cosmic distances. Standard enough to discover dark energy, they're far from identical. Researchers at the international Nearby Supernova Factory have shown that supernova twins -- those with closely matching spectra -- can double the accuracy of distance measures.
via Science Daily
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