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 ...

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 ...