Thursday, 5 March 2015

Hubble sees supernova split into four images by cosmic lens

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Astronomers have spotted for the first time a distant supernova split into four images. The multiple images of the exploding star are caused by the powerful gravity of a foreground elliptical galaxy embedded in a massive cluster of galaxies.

via Science Daily

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