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The 20 pages that link to Gravitational lens, each with the reason it gives.

• Black holeRelated: A black hole can distort background light and reveal its mass and surroundings.

• Dark matter haloRelated: Halo mass can be mapped from the distortion of background light.

• QuasarRelated: Lensed quasars reveal intervening mass and can produce measurable time delays.

• Supermassive black holeRelated: The black hole’s mass and surrounding stars can deflect light, revealing otherwise hidden central structure.

• SpacetimeRelated: The bending follows light's paths through curved spacetime.

• AstronomyBroader topic: Lensing makes distant objects visible and maps otherwise unseen mass.

• Gravitational forceBroader topic: It demonstrates gravity’s effect on light and enables astronomical observations.

• Arthur EddingtonNarrower topic: The 1919 measurements tested the light bending that later became central to gravitational lensing.

• Schwarzschild metricRelated: Light paths in the Schwarzschild geometry provide a basic model of gravitational lensing.

• Fritz ZwickyRelated: Zwicky recognized that galaxies could act as lenses, making distant objects visible in multiple images.

• GravitationBroader topic: Light deflection makes spacetime curvature visible through distorted images.

• Kip ThorneRelated: Thorne’s relativistic expertise informed the scientifically grounded black-hole imagery in Interstellar.

• Intermediate-mass black holeRelated: Lensing can reveal compact masses even when they emit little or no light.

• Abell 1689Narrower topic: Abell 1689 acts as a gravitational lens, bending background-galaxy light into arcs.

• Theory of relativityBroader topic: The bending of light tests general relativity and reveals otherwise hidden matter.

• Extragalactic astronomyRelated: Lensing reveals distant galaxies and helps map otherwise invisible mass.

• Curved spacetimeBroader topic: The bending of light directly traces curvature along its path.

• History of general relativityBroader topic: Astronomical lensing turned spacetime curvature into a tool for mapping unseen mass.

• Galaxy groups and clustersRelated: Lens distortions reveal cluster mass, including matter that emits no light.

• List of the most distant astronomical objectsRelated: Lensing can make otherwise undetectable remote galaxies or stars visible.