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A gravitational lens is formed when the light from a very distant,
bright source (such as a quasar) is "bent" around a massive object
(such as a massive galaxy) between the source object and the observer.

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Animated simulation of gravitational lensing caused
by a Schwarzschild black hole going past a background galaxy

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