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A gravitational lens is any matter that changes the direction of light behind it, from our point of view - so it may be a black hole, a planetoid, a rogue planet (one that isn't part of a solar system), or entire galaxies or galaxy clusters. Mainly, the gravitational lenses allow the study of the lensing object itself, i.e., a (possibly invisible) object that distorts light coming from behind it.

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