gravitational mirages

A form of gravitational mirage — A distorted or false image of a distant galaxy (e.g. an image of a distant galaxy as a ring, or as multiple copies of itself) caused by a gravitational lens.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of gravitational mirage
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