This photograph shows what appears to be four identical quasars arranged as a cross. What are we really seeing?

A) four images of a single quasar, with the images formed by gravitational lensing because a large galaxy lies between us and the quasar
B) four quasars that are nearly identical because they were born at about the same time
C) a picture taken with a poorly made telescope so that a single large object appeared as four fuzzy dots
D) a large galaxy with four central masses that each glow brightly


A) four images of a single quasar, with the images formed by gravitational lensing because a large galaxy lies between us and the quasar

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