Massive objects like the sun can bend light, but colossal clouds of dark matter create "bubbles" in the cosmos.

巨大的星体，例如太阳能够使光弯曲，但是庞大的暗物质云会在宇宙中产生“气泡”。

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Glass and water both bend light.

玻璃和水都折光。

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Microscopes and telescopes were invented by way of artistic tinkering, as craftsmen experimented with glass to better bend light.

工匠们对玻璃进行试验，为了找到更好地折射光线的方法，在摆弄工艺的过程中发明出了显微镜和望远镜。

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The advantage of such a novel waveguide over more conventional ones is that it can bend light around sharp corners.

ECONOMIST: New-age crystals

They are devising ways to send optical signals vast distances without the need for expensive electronic goosing, tinkering with mirrors to switch and bend light in new ways and trimming costs to open up entirely new parts of the telecom infrastructure.

FORBES: Hooked on photonics

If an object floating through space passes near the line of sight between the earth and a distant star, its gravity should, according to the theory of relativity, bend and focus the light from that star.

ECONOMIST: The dark side of cosmology