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Originally Posted by Pazuzu
What is wild is the Predicted Supernova.
A supernova happened in a lensed galaxy. We saw it in one galaxy. Then, we saw the same supernova in a SECOND galaxy. We were seeing the exact same galaxy, and the exact same supernova, but the light path was distorted such that it was lensed 2 different times, and the light travel time was significantly different. Turns out there was a THIRD galaxy that might have been the same one lensed again, so they predicted that we should see the supernova a THIRD time, and then a FORTH time in the future!
And we did see it a third time.
It's been named Requiem, since it keeps honoring the death of itself.
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Such lensing could explain why we see so many galaxies. Yes, there are more than one can count but it may be that a percentage of the objects that we're seeing are duplicates due to lensing.
Fascinating.
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