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" The precise effects of lensing depend on the mass of the lens, the structure of space-time, and the relative distance between us, the lens, and the distant object behind it. It's like a magnifying glass, where the image you get depends on the shape of the lens and how far you hold it from the object you're looking at. "

Priyamvada Natarajan

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" If you know the shape of the lens and the image you get, you can work out the path that light followed between the object and your eye. "

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I Am

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Cousins

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Nature

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