Gravitational lensing,conceptual image. Computer illustration representing how light rays from a distant object (here,a galaxy) are bent as they pass through the gravitational field of another massive object (here,another galaxy). The light is deflected from its original path. This bending of light by a massive object was predicted by Einstein in 1916 in his General theory of Relativity. The light from a distant object can be lensed into a variety of shapes and forms,including arcs,multiple images,or an 'Einstein ring'. In Einstein's theory,gravity is the warping of space-time by mass | |
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