Thanks to a well-placed gravitational lens, a team of astronomers was able to observe a supernova four times!
  • Varyag@lemm.ee
    10·
    1 year ago

    Observing supernovas is always cool, being able to see it from multiple angles because of gravitational lensing is even cooler.

  • niktemadur@kbin.social
    4·
    1 year ago

    The odds of a supernova lining up perfectly to generate an Einstein Cross right from our vantage point are… well… they’re astronomical, that’s what they are.
    That thing is so distant, I would’ve thought it would be a quasar, instead of a supernova.

  • jay@beehaw.org
    1·
    1 year ago

    This is radical, thanks for sharing - a perfect example of something I would never get to see on Reddit back in the day. I would either glaze over or skip. The picture is unbelievable.

    • MyNameIsFred@beehaw.orgOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Yeah its really cool. I also used to post some of the stuff i would see in feeds in reddit, mostly would get buried.

      I also edited the post and added some more coverage that had some better explanations.