Cosmic Magnification Is One of the Universe’s Weirdest Optical Illusions

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Cosmic Magnification Is One of the Universe’s Weirdest Optical Illusions

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Do Objects Always Appear Smaller with Distance? Not on Cosmic Scales!

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In our topsy-turvy universe, sometimes the farther away an object is, the bigger it seems to be

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