NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planets

T1Covered by 1 source · first reported by MIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation at 14 Sept, 12:40 UTC

Massive objects bend light around them, a quirk that opens up unique opportunities for astronomical surveys.

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• T1NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will use gravity as a magnifying glass to find distant planetsMIT News (research) / Quanta / The Conversation14 Sept, 12:40