University of Arizona: 'Cosmic Lens' Reveals Distant Galaxies and Helps Astronomers Better Understand Dark Matter
August 03, 2023
August 03, 2023
TUCSON, Arizona, Aug. 3 -- The University of Arizona issued the following news release:
* * *
A new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a variety of unusual, distorted galaxies in the distant universe, magnified by a "gravitational lens" - a massive galaxy cluster in the line of sight between the space telescope and the objects behind it.
* * *
The Fishhook. The Thin One. These are just two of several striking-look . . .
* * *
A new image taken with the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a variety of unusual, distorted galaxies in the distant universe, magnified by a "gravitational lens" - a massive galaxy cluster in the line of sight between the space telescope and the objects behind it.
* * *
The Fishhook. The Thin One. These are just two of several striking-look . . .