ImJKP t1_jb9ebvm wrote
Reply to comment by tropicsun in James Webb Telescope captures the same galaxy at three different points in time in a single mind-boggling image by mirzavadoodulbaig
Light travels at a constant velocity in a straight line through space. Gravitational lensing is an artifact of the kinks in spacetime created by massive objects; those kinks change what a "straight line" is for the light passing through that area of spacetime.
Time isn't affected by gravitational lensing per se. Gravity warps spacetime, and light is distorted (lensed) by the warped spacetime.
entotheenth t1_jba58mu wrote
I was thinking it’s been bent so much it added 3 light years which sounds like a lot till you take into account that’s over a 3.2 billion light year trip.
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