Sentences with phrase «distorting effects of gravity»
Studying the distorting effects of gravity on light from background galaxies, astronomers uncovered the presence of a filament of dark matter extending from the core of the cluster.
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What we perceive as gravity is just a geometric effect, a consequence of the way massive objects distort the shape of space - time.
The effects of the cluster's gravity can be seen in the blue arcs and distorted shapes that are scattered across the frame, including galaxies that seem to be bleeding into the surrounding space.
The data compiled from the survey show that something indeed is distorting the speed of the galaxies beyond the mere effects of gravity.
The dwarf elliptical galaxy SagDEG in the direction of the Milky Way's center is stretched and distorted from the tidal effects of the Milky Way's strong gravity.
The scientists used the fact that images of faraway galaxies get slightly distorted by the gravity of galaxies in the foreground — an effect known as weak gravitational lensing.
«The gravity from all that mass has distorted the image that we see of the background galaxy,» like a telescope or a «funhouse mirror,» Rigby tells Newsweek, explaining that it's an effect that Albert Einstein predicted and that has been proven over and over again since.