XKCD comic #3066 "Cosmic Distance Calibration" https://xkcd.com/3066/ comic text: Cosmology news: new telescopes are finally powerful enough to read the little labels next to stars showing how far away they are title/mouseover text: This is the biggest breakthrough since astronomers noticed that the little crosshairs around red giant stars starting to burn helium are all the same size.

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