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← ScienceWhich mechanism causes gravitational lensing of distant quasars?
A)Spacetime curvature follows principle of equivalence✓
B)Doppler shift increases light wavelength
C)Gravitational redshift reduces photon energy
D)Hawking radiation decays black hole
💡 Explanation
Gravitational lensing occurs because spacetime curvature near massive objects bends light paths. As prescribed by the principle of equivalence, curvature deflects light; therefore gravitational lensing happens, rather than other redshift effects prominent in weaker fields.
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