Tiny sphere bends light like a black hole does
Previously seen at the megascale, gravitational lensing goes micro
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BEND IT LIKE A BLACK HOLE A beam of light curves around a glass sphere embedded in plastic. Light making a close encounter with a black hole would take a similar path.
C. Sheng ET AL/Nature Photonics 2013