Gravitational Lensing: Bends in Spacetime – Dr. Fatima Abdurrahman (UC Berkeley)

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One hundred years ago, Einstein predicted that light rays would bend in the space near a massive object — much as light rays refract in an optical lens. Today, we use this fact to weigh galaxies, to discover planets of other stars, and to “see” invisible black holes. How did this idea of gravitational lensing come about, and how do we use it today to probe all fields of astrophysics?

The presenter, Dr. Fatima Abdurrahman, has just received her PhD in Astronomy from UC Berkeley. Dr. Abdurrahman is a Wonderfest Science Envoy with formidable aspirations in science communication. This Wonderfest Zoom event took place on 5/15/21 as part of the 2021 Mt. Tam Astronomy Program.
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I was thirsty for more of Dr. Fatima's content, and I am so glad I found this, she's brilliant!

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Fatima AbdulRahman decolonise your education and start learning plasma cosmology, the universe is electric.

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