The solar gravitation lens (SGL) has much potential as a telescope. This point in space, located about 650 AU away from the ...

The sun is not a mirror, but it is a lens. And we understand it's a lens through the magic of gravity. When Einstein developed general relativity, he realized that gravity can strongly bend the ...

Several telescopes used to observe the supernova SN Zwicky which was magnified nearly 25 times by a foreground galaxy acting as a lens . Credit: ESA/Hubble, L. Calçada ...

Physicist Melvin Vopson proposes gravity might emerge from cosmic information processing, hinting the universe runs on a ...

Scientists are using cosmic distortions in light to test a bold idea: that the Universe might not be as symmetrical as we’ve ...

Astronomers have discovered that "super-Earth" planets may exist on wider orbits than previously thought — and this implies these rocky, or "terrestrial," worlds are far more common than was suspected ...

A new study released on Thursday describes a search for what are called "microlensing" events, where a planet acts as a ...

Now, using a method called weak gravitational lensing, scientists think they've finally found the hidden intruder. The Perseus galaxy cluster is one of the most massive structures in the known ...

Light moving through these warped areas from distant stars bends as it makes its way to our telescope, producing an effect called gravitational lensing. Scientists have used this effect to ...

The universe began with a bang—an explosion so intense, it forged the fabric of space and time itself. This pivotal moment, ...