Legend has it that Isaac Newton had the moment of inspiration that would lead to his theory of gravity when, on a warm ...

Peering into deep space, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has helped astronomers find places to study gravitational lensing, an effect in which massive objects such as galaxies warp space-time itself ...

In an extraordinary testament to the predictive power of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, a star system has been discovered that demonstrates extreme gravitational lensing. This observation ...

Galaxy NGC 6505 and its surrounding Einstein ring, which represents light from a more distant galaxy behind it. ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G.

Levon Pogosian receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Camille Bonvin receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European ...