Thursday, April 27, 2017

Gravitational lensing of a "standard candle" supernova imaged for the first time

04/27/2017 07:37 AM EDT

an image of the gravitationally lensed iPTF16geu Type Ia supernova

Astronomers find magnified light of a supernova, leading the way to more precise measurements of the expansion rate of our universe.


Full story at http://www.caltech.edu/news/rare-brightening-supernovas-light-found-palomar-observatory-54795

Source
California Institute of Technology


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