Universe's 'standard candles' are white dwarf mergers

Tuesday, October 4, 2011 - 07:31 in Astronomy & Space

(PhysOrg.com) -- The largest survey to date of distant exploding stars is giving astronomers new clues to what’s behind the Type Ia supernovae they use to measure distances across the cosmos.

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