ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Dec 19, 2023)
The galaxy cluster SDSS J1226+2152 distorts the light from distant galaxies, showcasing the effects of gravitational lensing.
esawebb.org/images/potm2312a/
The galaxy cluster SDSS J1226+2152 distorts the light from distant galaxies, showcasing the effects of gravitational lensing.
esawebb.org/images/potm2312a/
November 2, 2026 at 1:00 AM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Dec 19, 2023)
The galaxy cluster SDSS J1226+2152 distorts the light from distant galaxies, showcasing the effects of gravitational lensing.
esawebb.org/images/potm2312a/
The galaxy cluster SDSS J1226+2152 distorts the light from distant galaxies, showcasing the effects of gravitational lensing.
esawebb.org/images/potm2312a/
This phenomenon, known as gravitational lensing, occurs when a massive foreground object's gravity bends spacetime, magnifying and distorting the light passing through it.
The observation is part of a series of Hubble images helping astronomers prepare for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
The observation is part of a series of Hubble images helping astronomers prepare for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
November 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
This phenomenon, known as gravitational lensing, occurs when a massive foreground object's gravity bends spacetime, magnifying and distorting the light passing through it.
The observation is part of a series of Hubble images helping astronomers prepare for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
The observation is part of a series of Hubble images helping astronomers prepare for NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
one of the things that’s so impressive about Einstein & relativity is not just that it totally upended our very intuitive understanding of physics, it immediately was used to estimate some weird things that we have since been able to observe, like gravitational lensing
November 3, 2026 at 8:44 PM
one of the things that’s so impressive about Einstein & relativity is not just that it totally upended our very intuitive understanding of physics, it immediately was used to estimate some weird things that we have since been able to observe, like gravitational lensing
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Mar 27, 2025)
An Einstein ring showcases the gravitational lensing of a distant spiral galaxy by an elliptical galaxy in the SMACSJ0028.2-7537 cluster.
esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/
An Einstein ring showcases the gravitational lensing of a distant spiral galaxy by an elliptical galaxy in the SMACSJ0028.2-7537 cluster.
esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/
October 31, 2026 at 5:00 PM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Mar 27, 2025)
An Einstein ring showcases the gravitational lensing of a distant spiral galaxy by an elliptical galaxy in the SMACSJ0028.2-7537 cluster.
esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/
An Einstein ring showcases the gravitational lensing of a distant spiral galaxy by an elliptical galaxy in the SMACSJ0028.2-7537 cluster.
esawebb.org/images/potm2503a/
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jun 24, 2024)
Star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc provide insight into galaxy formation just 460 million years after the Big Bang.
esawebb.org/images/weic2418e/
Star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc provide insight into galaxy formation just 460 million years after the Big Bang.
esawebb.org/images/weic2418e/
November 1, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Jun 24, 2024)
Star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc provide insight into galaxy formation just 460 million years after the Big Bang.
esawebb.org/images/weic2418e/
Star clusters in the Cosmic Gems arc provide insight into galaxy formation just 460 million years after the Big Bang.
esawebb.org/images/weic2418e/
At least Taika has never, to my knowledge, referred to "lensing a flick."
Taika’s got what I’ve come to think of as Kevin Smith disease: basically owes his career to critics championing his early work, gets the bad reviews his later films deserve, and tries to blame it on critics. It’s not our fault you lost your fucking fastball, dude!
October 31, 2026 at 11:54 PM
At least Taika has never, to my knowledge, referred to "lensing a flick."
Credit: NASA, ESA, and X. Huang (University of San Francisco); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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NASA's Hubble Marks Way for Roman Space Telescope - NASA
A sweeping barred galaxy takes center stage in this Oct. 22, 2026, image, but the gravitational lensing at bottom right is the real target. This observation
www.nasa.gov
November 3, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Credit: NASA, ESA, and X. Huang (University of San Francisco); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)
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CRV Science Wiki
🧬 Gravitational Lensing — Gravitational lensing is the relativistic deflection, magnification, and distortion of electromagnetic radiation as null geodesics propagate through the curved spacetime metric of an intervening mass dis…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/gravitational-lensing
🧬 Gravitational Lensing — Gravitational lensing is the relativistic deflection, magnification, and distortion of electromagnetic radiation as null geodesics propagate through the curved spacetime metric of an intervening mass dis…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/gravitational-lensing
CRV Science Wiki
🧬 Gravitational Lensing — Gravitational lensing is the relativistic deflection, magnification, and distortion of electromagnetic radiation as null geodesics propagate through the curved spacetime metric of an intervening mass distribution.
crvscience.com
November 2, 2026 at 3:06 PM
CRV Science Wiki
🧬 Gravitational Lensing — Gravitational lensing is the relativistic deflection, magnification, and distortion of electromagnetic radiation as null geodesics propagate through the curved spacetime metric of an intervening mass dis…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/gravitational-lensing
🧬 Gravitational Lensing — Gravitational lensing is the relativistic deflection, magnification, and distortion of electromagnetic radiation as null geodesics propagate through the curved spacetime metric of an intervening mass dis…
https://crvscience.com/wiki/gravitational-lensing
Awesome these lensing effects!
What else could be distorted from the light we see?
What else could be distorted from the light we see?
November 2, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Awesome these lensing effects!
What else could be distorted from the light we see?
What else could be distorted from the light we see?
Mind bogglingly awesome ❤️
Why are they stretched? Or is that gravitational lensing as well?
Why are they stretched? Or is that gravitational lensing as well?
November 2, 2026 at 11:05 AM
Mind bogglingly awesome ❤️
Why are they stretched? Or is that gravitational lensing as well?
Why are they stretched? Or is that gravitational lensing as well?
De-lensing cosmic birefringence with joint reconstruction
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03761
Sebastian Belkner, Julien Carron.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03761
Sebastian Belkner, Julien Carron.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.03761
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 4, 2026 at 9:31 AM
De-lensing cosmic birefringence with joint reconstruction
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03761
Sebastian Belkner, Julien Carron.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03761
Sebastian Belkner, Julien Carron.
Sebastian Belkner, Julien Carron: De-lensing cosmic birefringence with joint reconstruction https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.03761 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03761 https://arxiv.org/html/2611.03761
November 4, 2026 at 6:51 AM
Sebastian Belkner, Julien Carron: De-lensing cosmic birefringence with joint reconstruction https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.03761 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03761 https://arxiv.org/html/2611.03761
Riddle: What acts like a ghost & a skeleton?
Dark matter!
It’s invisible, but its interactions with gravity hold galaxies together. In the Bullet Cluster's mergers, dark matter (blue) was unfazed, like a ghost through a wall 👻
#Astronomy #Halloween
🔭 www.astropix.org/image/stsci/...
Dark matter!
It’s invisible, but its interactions with gravity hold galaxies together. In the Bullet Cluster's mergers, dark matter (blue) was unfazed, like a ghost through a wall 👻
#Astronomy #Halloween
🔭 www.astropix.org/image/stsci/...
November 2, 2026 at 6:35 AM
Riddle: What acts like a ghost & a skeleton?
Dark matter!
It’s invisible, but its interactions with gravity hold galaxies together. In the Bullet Cluster's mergers, dark matter (blue) was unfazed, like a ghost through a wall 👻
#Astronomy #Halloween
🔭 www.astropix.org/image/stsci/...
Dark matter!
It’s invisible, but its interactions with gravity hold galaxies together. In the Bullet Cluster's mergers, dark matter (blue) was unfazed, like a ghost through a wall 👻
#Astronomy #Halloween
🔭 www.astropix.org/image/stsci/...
Self-lensing of electromagnetic counterparts to extreme mass ratio inspirals
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.02645
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Self-lensing of electromagnetic counterparts to extreme mass ratio inspirals
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
Self-lensing of electromagnetic counterparts to extreme mass ratio inspirals
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.02645
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 4, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Self-lensing of electromagnetic counterparts to extreme mass ratio inspirals
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.02645
Ruwen Zhou, Zhen Pan.
NASA's Hubble marks the way for the Roman Space Telescope. A Hubble gravitational lensing image helps prepare for Roman science. https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-hubble-marks-way-for-roman-space-telescope
October 29, 2026 at 3:10 PM
NASA's Hubble marks the way for the Roman Space Telescope. A Hubble gravitational lensing image helps prepare for Roman science. https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/nasas-hubble-marks-way-for-roman-space-telescope
Gravitational lensing is a neat test of general relativity. The cluster's mass bends spacetime, so it acts like a giant magnifying glass for galaxies far behind it.
November 3, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Gravitational lensing is a neat test of general relativity. The cluster's mass bends spacetime, so it acts like a giant magnifying glass for galaxies far behind it.
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Aug 9, 2021)
Gravitational lensing creates a 'seeing quintuple' effect, revealing a single quasar appearing five times around a pair of galaxies in this Hubble image.
esahubble.org/images/potw2132a/
Gravitational lensing creates a 'seeing quintuple' effect, revealing a single quasar appearing five times around a pair of galaxies in this Hubble image.
esahubble.org/images/potw2132a/
October 30, 2026 at 6:31 AM
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Aug 9, 2021)
Gravitational lensing creates a 'seeing quintuple' effect, revealing a single quasar appearing five times around a pair of galaxies in this Hubble image.
esahubble.org/images/potw2132a/
Gravitational lensing creates a 'seeing quintuple' effect, revealing a single quasar appearing five times around a pair of galaxies in this Hubble image.
esahubble.org/images/potw2132a/
Gravitational-wave lensing beyond the diffraction integral: proper-time methods and the bound lens
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.05152
Ginevra Braga, Raul Jimenez.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.05152
Ginevra Braga, Raul Jimenez.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.05152
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 4, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Gravitational-wave lensing beyond the diffraction integral: proper-time methods and the bound lens
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.05152
Ginevra Braga, Raul Jimenez.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.05152
Ginevra Braga, Raul Jimenez.
Toward the one- and two-loop EFTofLSS for Simons Observatory CMB lensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.03556
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 4, 2026 at 5:30 AM
Toward the one- and two-loop EFTofLSS for Simons Observatory CMB lensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Jan 11, 2019)
Abell 2218, a giant galaxy cluster located 2 billion light-years away in Draco, distorts and magnifies images of far-off galaxies via gravitational lensing.
flic.kr/p/2d4bLxy
Abell 2218, a giant galaxy cluster located 2 billion light-years away in Draco, distorts and magnifies images of far-off galaxies via gravitational lensing.
flic.kr/p/2d4bLxy
![Abell 2218 galaxy cluster image showcasing gravitational lensing effects on distant galaxies. Credit: NASA, Andrew Fruchter (STScI), and the ERO Team [Sylvia Baggett (STScI), Richard Hook (ST-ECF), Zoltan Levay (STScI)]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:67biuxgw3trznhftjtfp6ud2/bafkreibu4lvfreakyrepgxmya4qrwy2qkm7lhs6mqieact4winixxzzvme)
October 28, 2026 at 8:31 PM
NASA Hubble Space Telescope on Flickr (Jan 11, 2019)
Abell 2218, a giant galaxy cluster located 2 billion light-years away in Draco, distorts and magnifies images of far-off galaxies via gravitational lensing.
flic.kr/p/2d4bLxy
Abell 2218, a giant galaxy cluster located 2 billion light-years away in Draco, distorts and magnifies images of far-off galaxies via gravitational lensing.
flic.kr/p/2d4bLxy
Gravitational Lensing Signatures of a Black Hole in Mimetic Euler-Heisenberg theory
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.40669
Nashiba Parbin.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.40669
Nashiba Parbin.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.40669
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 2, 2026 at 9:33 AM
Gravitational Lensing Signatures of a Black Hole in Mimetic Euler-Heisenberg theory
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.40669
Nashiba Parbin.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2610.40669
Nashiba Parbin.
Toward the one- and two-loop EFTofLSS for Simons Observatory CMB lensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2611.03556
arXiv abstract link
arxiv.org
November 4, 2026 at 5:33 AM
Toward the one- and two-loop EFTofLSS for Simons Observatory CMB lensing
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.
https://arxiv.org/pdf/2611.03556
Evan Saraivanov, Henrique Rubira, Vivian Miranda.