By having a highly accurate value for the distance to the Large Magellanic Cloud galaxy, astronomers can get a better measure of cosmic 'dark energy'. Using binary stars, they have now achieved a value accurate to 2.2%. See Letter p.76
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Schaefer, B. An accurate distance to the nearest galaxy. Nature 495, 51–52 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/495051a
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