Science Warp in spacetime lets astronomers watch the same star explode four times | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 67743285 United States 03/09/2015 08:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Interesting, but how and why does it form four distinct images at those particular angles? I would have thought that the lensing effect would produce a ring effect around the galaxy in front of it. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 68225235 It does, now remember that the bubble is thousands or tens of thousands lightyears around. Any small change in path of the light as in the two galaxies moving slightly relative to each other will make the light arrive hours our days later, which is only a fraction of the total time |
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