Universe measured more accurately than ever before: New results pin down the distance to the galaxy next door
Wednesday, March 6, 2013 - 14:30
in Astronomy & Space
After nearly a decade of careful observations astronomers have measured the distance to our neighboring galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, more accurately than ever before. This new measurement also improves our knowledge of the rate of expansion of the Universe — the Hubble Constant — and is a crucial step towards understanding the nature of the mysterious dark energy that is causing the expansion to accelerate.