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PBS Space Time
The Strange Universe of Gravitational Lensing
Season 2
Episode 33
In the world of our mind’s eye, light travels in a straight line. In reality, spacetime is deflected and magnified through the lens of gravity. Find out how this works and what it allows us to learn about our universe in this episode of Space Time.
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