With Hubble's powerful capabilities, the team was able to side step some of the shakiest rungs along the previous distance ladder involving uncertainties in the behavior of Cepheids.

有了哈勃望远镜的强大能力，团队就能直接跨过某些不稳定的台阶：（由于清晰度不够，）先前对这些造父变星行为的观测不是很准确。

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With a brand-new quad-core processor (i7-3632QM) developed by Intel, a high-end Nvidia GeForce GXT 660M and 8GB of RAM, the new Blade isn't quite at the top of the performance ladder, but is definitely within shouting distance.

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