Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  E wha ngā whakaahua i hopuhia e ngā tohunga whetū o te whetū kotahi e pakaru ana e iwa piriona tau māramatanga te tawhiti i a ia e mahi ana i tētahi whakakitenga ā-ao nui. I a rātou e mahi ana, kua whakapumautia e rātau tētahi pānga i matapaetia e te ariā ā-iwi o Albert Einstein i te 100 tau ki muri. I hopu te Hubble Telescope i ngā whakaahua maha ohorere ki te awhina o te kohinga whetu e mahi ana hei arotahi whakarahi taiao. Ko te taumaha kaha o tētahi aorangi i whakauruhia ki roto i tētahi kohinga nui o ngā aorangi i tēnei whakaahua o te Hubble Space Telescope e whakaputa ana i ngā whakaahua maha o tētahi supernova tawhiti i muri i a ia. Ko te tupuni me te kohinga tupuni e mahi ana hei karu nui o te ao, e piko ana, e whakanui ana i te marama mai i te supernova i muri i a raua. I kitea te supernova nā te mea he rerekē ngā ara o tōna mārama huri noa i te kohinga i waenganui i te whetū pakaru me te whatu e huri ana i te Ao. Na te kaha o te taumahatanga o te kohinga e piko ai ngā pūwhitiwhiti, ngā matūriki o te marama rānei e haere ana. Ka puta te lensing taumaha ina whakarahihia e ngā aorangi me ētahi atu ahanoa te marama e puta mai ana i ētahi atu ahanoa tawhiti. Mā tēnei e āhei ai ngā whatu telescopes pēnei i a Hubble ki te kite i ngā ahanoa e pōuri rawa ana, e tawhiti rawa atu ana. Ka whakakotahi tēnei i te kaha o Hubble me te whakapakari ā-tinana i takea e te ātaahua kaha o ngā kohinga whetū tawhiti ki te ako i te ao o mua. I matapae a Einstein i tēnei i a ia e whakamārama ana i te āhua o ngā ahanoa nui e piko ana i te wā-wā hei waihanga i tātau e mōhio nei he taumaha. Kua whakamahia e ngā tohunga whetū te mea e kiia nei ko te 'gravitational lensing' hei whakarei ake i te kaha whakaahua a Hubble, hei titiro hoki ki mua. E ai ki a rātau, ka āwhina ngā whakaahua hou i a rātau ki te whakarite i ō rātau whakataunga mō te nui me te tohatoha o te take pouri i roto i te aorangi arotahi. Kaore e taea te kite tika i te mea pouri engari e whakapono ana ko te nuinga o te papatipu o te ao. Na te tupono, ko te supernova, i pakaru tata ki te iwa piriona tau ki muri, i whakaritea ki te kohinga tupuni i whakamahia i te wa o te kitenga Hubble i te tau 2011. I hoki mai ngā kaipūtaiao ki ngā whakaahua i Whiringa-ā-rangi ki te rapu i ngā supernovae...
I taea te kite i te supernova nā te mea he rerekē ngā ara o tōna mārama. Nā tēnei i āhei ai ngā tohunga whetū ki te tango i ngā whakaahua e whā o te whetū tawhito. I whakarerekētia e tētahi kohinga whetū nui te marama i a ia e haere ana ki te Ao. I matapae a Einstein ka tupu tēnei i roto i tana ariā e whakamārama ana me pēhea te piko o ngā ahanoa mokowā-wā hei waihanga i tātau e mōhio nei he taumaha. Ka taea e ngā whakaahua te whakamārama i te whanonga o te take pouri i roto i te kohinga tata. E tūmanakohia ana ka puta mai anō te marama mai i te supernova i roto i ngā tau e whai ake nei.