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Astronomers See the Same Supernova Four Times Thanks to a Gravitational Lens (www.universetoday.com)
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Heres another article that popped up in my feeds on the same event with a bit more detail too>

https://astronomynow.com/2023/06/19/supernova-magnified-25-times-and-split-into-multiple-images-by-galactic-lens/

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[–] fred@beehaw.org 2 points 2 years ago

Yeah its really cool. I also used to post some of the stuff i would see in feeds in reddit, mostly would get buried.

I also edited the post and added some more coverage that had some better explanations.