PARSEC

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PARSEC	Parallax Second (unit of astronomical distance; 3.258 light-years)
PARSEC	Parallel Simulation Environment for Complex Systems

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Applying this calibration to the elliptical galaxies in the Coma cluster, the team found a distance of about 345 million light-years and a Hubble constant between 61 and 77 kilometers per second per megaparsec (1 parsec is 3. Further evidence of a youthful universe by Cowen, Ron / Science News Astronomers estimate that Geminga may lie no more than 30 parsecs, or about 100 light-years, from Earth. Mystery gamma rays yield nearest pulsar by Peterson, Ivars / Science News Parsec Automation Corporation, the leading provider of real-time performance management (RPM) and enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) software for life sciences and other global manufacturers, was named one of Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine's "40 Top Emerging Software Vendors. Parsec Automation Corporation Named One of the Top 40 Emerging ... by Business Wire More results

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Applying this calibration to the elliptical galaxies in the Coma cluster, the team found a distance of about 345 million light-years and a Hubble constant between 61 and 77 kilometers per second per megaparsec (1 parsec is 3.

Further evidence of a youthful universe by Cowen, Ron / Science News

Astronomers estimate that Geminga may lie no more than 30 parsecs, or about 100 light-years, from Earth.

Mystery gamma rays yield nearest pulsar by Peterson, Ivars / Science News

Parsec Automation Corporation, the leading provider of real-time performance management (RPM) and enterprise manufacturing intelligence (EMI) software for life sciences and other global manufacturers, was named one of Manufacturing Business Technology Magazine's "40 Top Emerging Software Vendors.

Parsec Automation Corporation Named One of the Top 40 Emerging ... by Business Wire

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