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Astronomy Fun Fact:

Yes indeed! The force of gravity does bend light. It's called gravitational lensing.
Here's a dramatic example, courtesy of the Hubble Space Telescope:

See the strange curved streaks and arcs in the photo?
Those are the distorted images of galaxies on the FAR SIDE of the visible cluster.

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1 posted on 07/07/2002 10:26:44 PM PDT by petuniasevan

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APOD PING!

2 posted on 07/07/2002 10:27:54 PM PDT by petuniasevan

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Whoa! Amazing!

4 posted on 07/08/2002 1:25:24 AM PDT by MeekOneGOP

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morning bump

5 posted on 07/08/2002 5:11:57 AM PDT by fnord

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MORE MORE MORE Awsome!

6 posted on 07/08/2002 5:40:32 AM PDT by BossyRoofer

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Hubble, Hubble! ;^)

7 posted on 07/08/2002 5:53:32 AM PDT by mikrofon

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Sorry to be a pest, but, does gravity bend light or does gravity bend space which thereby causes light to travel that "bent" path?

8 posted on 07/08/2002 6:08:52 AM PDT by Sock

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Thanks!

9 posted on 07/08/2002 8:44:50 AM PDT by MozartLover

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WOW!!

That gravitational lens pic is AMAZING!

11 posted on 07/08/2002 11:25:41 AM PDT by headsonpikes

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