Gravitational Lens
Euclid Could Find 170,000 Strong Gravitational Lenses
Gravitational lensing is a concept where dark matter distorts space revealing its presence through its interaction with light. ESA’s Euclid…
Gravitationally Lensed Supernovae are Another Way to Measure the Expansion of the Universe
Supernova are a fascinating phenomenon and have taught us much about the evolution of stars. The upcoming Nancy Grace Roman…
Civilizations Could Use Gravitational Lenses to Transmit Power From Star to Star
A new paper shows how gravitational lenses could be used to beam power from one star system to another.
A Huge New Gaia Data Release: More Stars, Gravitational Lenses and Asteroids
The ESA's Gaia mission is releasing a new tranche of astronomical data. The mission has released three regular, massive hauls…
This JWST Image Shows Gravitational Lensing at its Finest
The latest image release from the James Webb Space Telescope shows another beautiful field filled with galaxies and gravitational lenses
A New Record! Hubble Detects an Individual Star From a Time When the Universe Was Less Than a Billion Years Old
A star that sounds as if it came from "The Lord of the Rings" now marks one of the Hubble…
If We Used the Sun as a Gravitational Lens Telescope, This is What a Planet at Proxima Centauri Would Look Like
A recent study shows how the Sun could be used as a gravitational lens to take direct images of nearby…
Advanced Civilizations Could be Communicating with Neutrino Beams. Transmitted by Clouds of Satellites Around Neutron Stars or Black Holes
In the ongoing search for intelligent life, a new study recommends that we look for signs of an advanced civilization…
Quasars with a Double-Image Gravitational Lens Could Help Finally Figure out how Fast the Universe is Expanding
How fast is the Universe expanding? That's a question that astronomers haven't been able to answer accurately. They have a…
Thanks to a Gravitational Lens, Astronomers Can See an Individual Star 9 Billion Light-Years Away
In a recent study, a team of international astronomers used the gravitational lensing technique to study the most distant individual…