View Single Post
  #1 (permalink)  
Old 21-May-2007, 04:00 PM
Fraser's Avatar
Fraser Fraser is offline
Administrator
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Courtenay, BC, Canada
Posts: 11,380
Post Episode 37: Gravitational Lensing

Astronomers are always trying to get their hands on bigger and more powerful telescopes. But the most powerful telescopes in the Universe are completely natural, and the size of a galaxy cluster. When you use the gravity of a galaxy as a lens, you can peer right back to the edges of the observable Universe.

Read the full blog entry

Last edited by Fraser; 21-May-2007 at 04:21 PM.
Reply With Quote