NASA’s Roman to Peer Into Cosmic ‘Lenses’ to Better Define Dark Matter

A funky effect Einstein predicted, known as gravitational lensing — when a foreground galaxy magnifies more distant galaxies behind it — will soon become common when NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope begins science operations in 2027 and produces vast surveys of the cosmos. A particular subset of gravitational lenses, known as strong lenses, is […]
Posted on June 12, 2025
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