For the first time, an international research team led by the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SHAO) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated that applying pixelized strong-lensing ...

Berkeley, CA — Weak gravitational lensing is a uniquely promising way to learn how much dark matter there is in the Universe and how its distribution has evolved since the distant past. New work by a ...

In an extraordinary testament to the predictive power of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, a star system has been discovered that demonstrates extreme gravitational lensing. This observation ...

One hypothesis for the nature of dark matter is that some of it could be self-interacting, meaning the individual particles interact slightly with one another. When you purchase through links on our ...

A newly discovered cluster-scale strong gravitational lens, with a rare alignment of seven background lensed galaxies, provides a unique opportunity to study cosmology. In a rare and extraordinary ...

With its Legacy Survey of Space and Time, the new observatory is expected to build the most precise map of the universe — ever. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

A recently-discovered powerful cosmic lens, which magnifies profoundly distant objects in space. Credit: William Sheu (UCLA) / Hubble Space Telescope There are funhouse mirrors in space. Objects in ...

Astronomy is, in essence, an exercise in inference. We cannot touch the stars, nor scoop up galaxies in a lab. Instead, we decipher the universe through its light — its color, intensity, rhythm and ...

The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending ...