Feature Story | 5-Oct-2023

The baseline #17: Gravitational lensing: Focusing on the cosmos

Green Bank Observatory

The Baseline #17: Gravitational Lensing: Focusing On The Cosmos

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Gravity can focus light like a lens, allowing astronomers to see distant galaxies and explore dark matter. Join our host Summer Ash of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory as she talks about how astronomers use gravitational lensing to study the universe.

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Credit: NSF/AUI/NRAO

Gravity can focus light like a lens, allowing astronomers to see distant galaxies and explore dark matter. Join our host Summer Ash of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory as she talks about how astronomers use gravitational lensing to study the universe.

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