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Published online 26 April 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050425-2
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Quasars reveal cosmic magnification
Bright stars confirm prediction of gravitational lens theory.
Warped space seems to magnify light as well as bending it, in just the way that Einstein predicted, scientists have found. The discovery of a slight brightening of 200,000 distant quasars finally confirms a theory posited by Einstein more than 90 years ago.
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