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or whether it was merely further away. Swan Leavitt's discovery lets astronomers use Cepheids as "standard candles". They allow astronomers to determine distances to celestial objects and form the foundation of the Extragalactic Distance Scale.
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Leavitt’s death interrupted her nomination for the Nobel. She did all this with recurring severe chronic illness and progressive deafness and was an extraordinary #DisabledInSTEM astronomer to celebrate this Disability Pride Month.
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