UCI, other scientists find new galaxies through cosmic alignment
Saturday, November 6, 2010 - 11:50
in Astronomy & Space
UC Irvine astronomers, along with scientists across the globe, are discovering hundreds of new galaxies through brighter galaxies in front of them that deflect their faint light back to the massive Herschel telescope. This effect, identified by Albert Einstein a century ago, is known as cosmic gravitational lensing...