CMB Lensing Photo Illustration (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

CMB Lensing Photo Illustration

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Just as a wine glass distorts an image showing temperature fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background in this photo illustration, large objects like galaxy clusters and galaxies can similarly distort this light to produce lensing effects. (Credit: Emmanuel Schaan and Simone Ferraro/Berkeley Lab)

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Emmanuel Schaan and Simone Ferraro/Berkeley Lab

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