Massimo Luciani - Gravitational influences are distorting the Small Magellanic Cloud:

Gravitational influences are distorting the Small Ma...

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Cepheids, variable stars that are used by astronomers to measure cosmic distances. That’s thanks to the fact that they show regular pulsations that make them “standard candles” in the measurement of their distances.🕯️