Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard
February 10, 2025
February 10, 2025
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- NASA issued the following news release:
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Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard
The ring of light surrounding the center of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA's Euclid telescope, is an example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a galaxy far behind it.
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li; CC B . . .
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Euclid Discovers Einstein Ring in Our Cosmic Backyard
The ring of light surrounding the center of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA's Euclid telescope, is an example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a galaxy far behind it.
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li; CC B . . .