Knowledge Zone · @kzoneind
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#TopicOfTheDay: #Gravitational #Lensing occurs when a massive celestial body — such as a galaxy cluster — causes a sufficient curvature of spacetime for the path of light around it to be visibly bent, as if by a lens.
The body causing the light to curve is accordingly called a gravitational lens.
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Jim Donegan ✅ · @jimdonegan
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#Science #Physics #Astronomy #Astrophysics #Optics #GR #GeneralRelativity #Supernovas #Supernovae #Lensing #GravitationalLensing #GravitationalLens #Cosmology
#cosmology #gravitationallens #gravitationallensing #lensing #supernovae #supernovas #generalrelativity #gr #optics #astrophysics #astronomy #physics #science #universe #supernova #veritasium