a galactic magnifying glass. An international team of astronomers has discovered a distant supernova that was magnified in brightness and split into four separate images as its light passed ...

But who said a magnifying glass had to be made from glass? Massive clusters of galaxies can also bend the path of light, thanks to their gravity, so other galaxies located in just the right spot ...

Not many people have a magnifying glass lying around the house nowadays ... Once it’s open, you can zoom in and out by using the sliding bar. Add light by tapping the lightning bolt icon ...

Related: A cosmic magnifying glass: What is gravitational lensing? The supernova was a type Ia, meaning it was the destruction of a white dwarf star. It exploded over four billion light-years away ...