Cosmic illusion revealed: Gravitational lens magnifies supernova
Kashiwa, Japan (SPX) Apr 29, 2014 - A team of researchers led by Robert Quimby at the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) has announced the discovery of a galaxy that magnified a background, Type Ia supernova thirtyfold through gravitational lensing. This is the first example of strong gravitational lensing of a supernova confirms the team's previous explanation for the unusual properties o ... more
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