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Thursday, May 9, 2013

Spot a space warp: Astronomers ask for amateur help in search for astronomical 'UFO' abnormalities

Spot a space warp: Astronomers ask for amateur help in search for astronomical 'UFO' abnormalities | Mail Online: "Astronomers have called for help in finding 'space warps', rare system that bend light around them, acting as giant lenses.

UFO! This quasar has been lensed into four images, arranged around the galaxy, by a space warp. This is called the Einstein cross configuration bu astronomers

More commonly known as 'gravitational lenses,' they create beautiful mirages, and help give clues to how dark matter helped form the universe. Astronomers have now set up a special site where amateurs can scour images of the sky looking for the strange occurrences."

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