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Gravitational Lensing of Extremely Distant Galaxies

Gravitational Lensing of Extremely Distant Galaxies
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Description: Gravitational Lensing of Extremely Distant Galaxies
(a) Schematic of how a gravitational lens works. Light from the distant object
changes direction due to the gravitational attraction of the intervening galaxy
and underlying dark matter. The more distant galaxy appears in different
places than it actually is
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