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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes gravitational lensing around massive galaxies?
A)Spacetime curvature by mass-energy density✓
B)Electromagnetic interference in dense plasma
C)Quantum entanglement across cosmological distances
D)Expansion redshift of background light
💡 Explanation
Gravitational lensing occurs because the large mass-energy density of the galaxy causes spacetime curvature, deflecting light. Therefore, light bends around the galaxy along geodesics determined by the curvature, rather than traveling in straight lines, as it would in flat spacetime.
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