Enormous cosmic lens magnifies supernova
Galaxy warps light of distant exploding star, greatly increasing its brightness
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BRIGHT LIGHT The distant supernova PS1-10afx appeared 30 times as bright as it actually was because of the magnifying effect of a massive galaxy between it and Earth, as this illustration demonstrates.
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