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Gravitational Lens and Quasar PG 1115+080

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Astronomers who are using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) to observe the Gravitational Lensing of light from distant quasars have discovered new evidence about the rate at which the universe is expanding.

Credit: Christopher D. Impey (University of Arizona)

 

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Press Release
Id:opo9837a
Object:PG 1115+080, QSO B1115+0802
Type:Quasar/AGN/Black Hole, Cosmology
Instru-ment:NICMOS
Width:3000
Height:2400

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