gravitational lensing
NASA Is Planning to Find Aliens Using Spacetime Warped Around the Sun
A solar gravitational lens (SLG) mission "offers capabilities that are unmatched" for detecting extraterrestrial life, according to a study.
Scientists Found a Lookalike of Our Own Galaxy Deep in Cosmic Time
12 billion light years from Earth, scientists spotted a galaxy that is the spitting image of a young Milky Way. Its discovery challenges our understanding of the early universe.
These Dark Matter 'Clumps' Help Explain the Material That Makes Up Most of the Universe
The shadowy entities are about 10,000 to 100,000 times smaller than the dark matter halo of the Milky Way.
At Nine Billion Light Years, ‘Icarus’ Is the Most Distant Star Ever Observed
Thanks to gravitational lensing, astronomers can observe normal stars across colossal stretches of space and time.
At Nine Billion Light Years, ‘Icarus’ Is the Most Distant Star Ever Observed
Thanks to gravitational lensing, astronomers can observe normal stars across colossal stretches of space and time.
Here's a Knot of Dark Matter Binding Two Galaxies Together
Check out the first composite image of a dark matter filament in our universe.
Galaxies Form Inside of Dark Matter 'Clumps,' New Study Shows
The project allowed researchers to understand the relationship between dark matter and the galaxies better.
Astronomers Saw a Star Explode from Multiple Angles, and Expect It to Echo
“You couldn't have designed a better experiment."
Astronomers Clocked the Spin of a Quasar That's 10 Billion Light Years Away
And hot damn, is that thing ever spinning up a storm.
A Telescope Made of Galaxies Is Helping Astronomers Look at the Young Universe
When you combined gravitational lensing with NASA’s most capable imaging telescope, the results are incredible and significant.