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Meanings of gravitational lenses in English

Russian
микролинзирование
Portuguese
lente gravitacional
Spanish
lente gravitatoria
Catalan
lent gravitatòria
Wikidata

Distribution of matter between a distant light source and a observer.

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микролинзирование
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Examples for "gravitational lens"
Examples for "gravitational lens"
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I'd say it has to be a gravitational lens, an incredibly dense mass.
The Naked God
2
That we might have a gravitational lens of our very own, nearby and available.
Existence
3
Furthermore, NASA explains that the "immense gravity in Abell 2744 acts as a gravitational lens to warp space".
The South African
4
Astronomers spotted the dwarf star because it acted as a gravitational lens, focusing light from a blue background star in another galaxy.
Wired
5
This natural " gravitational lens" effect essentially magnified the distant light by nearly 10 times, making it bright enough for Spitzer and Hubble to detect.
Wired
1
All those hundreds of light years away, by some kind of gravitational lensing effect?
Edge of Infinity
2
The new campaign exploits a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing.
The Guardian
3
The smile came from something called gravitational lensing which distorts light, according to Nasa.
The Guardian
4
Light traveling through the matter clump is warped and distorted, a phenomenon called gravitational lensing.
Wired
5
The technique, known as " gravitational lensing" has been used before to ferret out distant galaxies.
Radio NZ