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Astronomers have found a rare "Einstein Cross" gravitational lens. It shows four mages of a distant galaxy in the early universe.

A massive galaxy has created a rare distortion in the path of light that has traveled billions of years to reach us from a more distant galaxy.

Astronomers use a variety of techniques and instruments — collectively referred to as the cosmic distance ladder — to measure cosmic distances because it is a difficult task.Type Ia...

Supernova Refsdal blew up once but burst into view at least five times. The timing of its appearances provides clues to how fast the universe is growing.

Thanks to what is known as "gravitational lensin," a cluster of galaxies has bent light from a very distant supernova, causing it to appear four different times in four different places.

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Theres something very odd about this image from the Hubble Space Telescope. If you look closely, you can see two almost-mirror image, orange-colored galaxies, seemingly connected by a long filament.

Yesterday, the Space Shuttle Atlantis docked with the Hubble Space Telescope, and now the removal and replacement of WFPC2 has commenced.

An image captured by the Hubble Space Telescope revealed four balls of light forming a halo around two larger celestial bodies. However, the European Space Agency said there are actually only three celestial bodies in the image. How is that possible?

Albert Einstein determined that massive objects cause a distortion in space-time, which is felt as gravity. This formed the basis of this theory of general relativity.