JWST Validates HST Distance Measurements
The study cross-checks HST Cepheid and Type Ia supernova distance measurements with early JWST subsamples and analyzes why estimates differ across selected samples.
PublishedThe Astrophysical Journal
Citation
Riess, A. G., Scolnic, D., et al. (Wu, T. included), The Astrophysical Journal 977, 120 (2024).
Personal contribution
Contributed through Duke distance-ladder research and synthetic stellar-catalog analysis. The complete paper remains the source of record for authorship and methods.
This detail page summarizes the paper’s place in the academic record and links to the full publication for the complete analysis.