A LITTLE LIGHT BESIDE THE DARK

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A LITTLE LIGHT BESIDE THE DARK
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Turn lensing off and the disk collapses into an ordinary ellipse. Light no longer bends around the back — that arc is the one thing only a black hole does.

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