Astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope and a naturally occurring cosmic magnifying lens captured rare multiple images of the same exploded star.
The four images captured by Hubble were caused by light taking different paths around a massive galaxy cluster located between the exploded star and the Earth-orbiting telescope. The cluster’s gravity causes passing photons, or particles of light, to bend.
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