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gary
07-03-2015, 10:09 AM
An article by Bridie Smith, Science Editor for The Age, discusses
the discovery of a type 1a supernova that has been gravitationally
lensed.

The discovery was made whilst searching Hubble Space
Telescope imagery and the discoverers have written a paper that
appears in Science.

Since the same supernova can be seen multiple times at multiple
points in time, it is presenting astronomers with a rare opportunity
to study the distribution of dark matter in the universe.

Article here -
http://www.smh.com.au/technology/sci-tech/astronomy/hubble-space-telescope-captures-exploding-star-20150305-13w711.html