Essentially gravity warps and magnifies the light to magnify distant galaxies.
The term gravitational lensing was coined by Einstein. And basically, means that closer objects can act as a magnifying glass for distant objects.
McGill Researcher Arnab Chakraborty explains that “A galaxy emits different kinds of radio signals. Until now, it’s only been possible to capture this particular signal from a galaxy nearby, limiting our knowledge to those galaxies closer to Earth.”
He said that the project was able to capture signals from a “record-breaking distance.”
“This will also help us understand the composition of galaxies at much greater distances from Earth,” Chakraborty said.
The study described how researchers observed galaxy SDSSJ0826+5630’s composition. And what they also discovered this specific galaxy is about twice the mass of the stars visible to us.
The signals detected signal were emitted from the galaxy when the universe was only 4.9 billion years old.
This gave the research group some insight into “secrets of the early universe.”
