Sentences with phrase «cosmic magnifying glass»
The way a massive object — in this case a galaxy between the quasar and Earth — bends light, as described by Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, can allow it to function as a sort of «cosmic magnifying glass,» as Impellizzeri put it.
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«Hubble finds extremely distant galaxy through cosmic magnifying glass.»
The huge mass of the cluster acts as a cosmic magnifying glass and enlarges even more distant galaxies, so they become bright enough for Hubble to see.
The immense gravity from clusters of galaxies warps the light coming from more distant objects, acting like a cosmic magnifying glass.
The star is visible because the galaxy cluster's gravity bent spacetime around the cluster, making it act like a cosmic magnifying glass.
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General relativity also is the bedrock of gravitational lensing, which uses the gravity of stars and galaxies as a giant magnifying glass to zoom in on farther cosmic objects.
Her work ranges from the microscopic to the macroscopic as she magnifies the minute details shown in images of disease cultures and enlarges them to cosmic proportions, or conversely references seductive mood - altering pharmaceuticals using blown glass.