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Breathtaking 'Einstein Ring' Reveals Views of a Galaxy 9.4 Billion Light-Years Away
https://www.sciencealert.com ^ | 24 SEPTEMBER 2021 | MICHELLE STARR

Posted on 09/24/2021 12:18:16 PM PDT by Red Badger

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1 posted on 09/24/2021 12:18:16 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: MtnClimber; BenLurkin; SunkenCiv

Ping!...................


2 posted on 09/24/2021 12:18:58 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

It’s Sauron...


3 posted on 09/24/2021 12:19:08 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: Red Badger

Ben Farfle-—breathtaking!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3xwFanvTjA


4 posted on 09/24/2021 12:20:54 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: Red Badger

Looks like God’s initials to me.


5 posted on 09/24/2021 12:21:17 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (My /s is more true than your /science (or you might mean /seance))
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To: Red Badger

That long ago it probably doesn’t exist anymore, at least not in that shape.


6 posted on 09/24/2021 12:22:11 PM PDT by SkyDancer (How Can I Ask For Forgiveness If I Won't Forgive Others?)
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To: Red Badger

“It blinked into existence...” amazing the nonsense people will believe.


7 posted on 09/24/2021 12:32:53 PM PDT by fluffy
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To: fluffy

As opposed to what?


8 posted on 09/24/2021 12:45:51 PM PDT by Mr. Blond
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To: Red Badger

Bookmark


9 posted on 09/24/2021 12:49:34 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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To: fluffy
"“It blinked into existence...” amazing the nonsense people will believe."

Ya I'm a science guy for sure but I always find this big bang theory to be just total nonsense. It's just a way of stating the truth which is we don't have the first clue about the origins of the universe.

10 posted on 09/24/2021 12:51:50 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: Mr. Blond
"It" is incapable of blinking itself into existence, that's what. "It" was blinked into existence.
11 posted on 09/24/2021 12:52:39 PM PDT by wetickel
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To: Red Badger

Wild!


12 posted on 09/24/2021 12:54:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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To: fluffy

I’ve always said that atheists have have more (misplaced) faith than anyone.


13 posted on 09/24/2021 1:18:21 PM PDT by Hazwaste (Socialists are like slinkies. Only good for pushing down stairs.)
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To: fluffy

Surely, you don’t believe that voodoo about God creating the universe? Big Bang was responsible for it. They even know when Mr. Bang did it. Crazy, no leap of faith there.


14 posted on 09/24/2021 1:46:58 PM PDT by hardspunned (former GOP globalist stooge)
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Excerpts:

Einstein ring

An Einstein ring, also known as an Einstein–Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring (named for Orest Khvolson), is created when light from a galaxy or star passes by a massive object en route to the Earth. Due to gravitational lensing, the light is diverted, making it seem to come from different places. If source, lens, and observer are all in perfect alignment, the light appears as a ring.
[...]
The bending of light by a gravitational body was predicted by Albert Einstein in 1912, a few years before the publication of general relativity in 1916 (Renn et al. 1997). The ring effect was first mentioned in the academic literature by Orest Khvolson in a short article in 1924, in which he mentioned the “halo effect” of gravitation when the source, lens, and observer are in near-perfect alignment.[5] Einstein remarked upon this effect in 1936 in a paper prompted by a letter by a Czech engineer, R W Mandl [1], but stated

“Of course, there is no hope of observing this phenomenon directly. First, we shall scarcely ever approach closely enough to such a central line. Second, the angle β will defy the resolving power of our instruments.”

— Science vol 84 p 506 1936
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Einstein_ring


15 posted on 09/24/2021 2:33:33 PM PDT by Jyotishi (Seeking the truth, a fact at a time.)
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I’m glad that Michelle Starr explained that Einstein rings are named for Albert Einstein. Otherwise I would have thought they were named for the Einstein Brothers who started that coffee-and-bagels chain.


16 posted on 09/24/2021 2:55:33 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Hazwaste
I’ve always said that atheists have have more (misplaced) faith than anyone.

How often have you said it?

17 posted on 09/24/2021 3:15:40 PM PDT by Sawdring
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Metal poor stars. Don’t you need at least two super nova explosions to create what we have here?


18 posted on 09/24/2021 3:16:39 PM PDT by Sawdring
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To: Red Badger

‘Q’ may have been born then.


19 posted on 09/24/2021 3:16:52 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (I need more money. )
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To: Jyotishi

The universe is (nearly) 14 billion years old, astronomers confirm. With looming discrepancies about the true age of the universe, scientists have taken a fresh look at the observable (expanding) universe and have estimated that it is 13.77 billion years old (plus or minus 40 million years).Jan 8, 2021

Astronomers reevaluate the age of the universe | Space
https://www.space.com › universe-age-14-billion-years-old


20 posted on 09/24/2021 3:22:31 PM PDT by Bookshelf
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