One of the first verified predictions of general relativity is the gravitational deflection of starlight. The effect was ...

Now, thanks to the European Space Agency’s $1 billion Euclid telescope, scientists have found one of the most pristine examples yet — a complete Einstein ring in the elliptical galaxy NGC 6505.

"An Einstein ring is an example of strong gravitational lensing," study lead author Conor O'Riordan, a researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, said in a statement.

For example, when light from one galaxy bends around another galaxy or a cluster of galaxies. When the curved object and the curving object line up, the result is a shape called an Einstein ring. Such ...

This newly discovered Einstein ring was formed when light from a distant galaxy, located 4.42 billion light-years away, was bent and magnified by the gravity of the foreground galaxy, NGC 6505 ...

A stunning new image from the James Webb Space Telescope reveals a cosmic mirage known as an Einstein ring, where the light ...

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning photograph of an Einstein ring. The European Space Agency (ESA) and ...

The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, pictured above, also happens to be a stunning illustration of ...

This new NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope Picture of the Month features a rare cosmic phenomenon called an Einstein ring. What at first appears to be a single, strangely shaped galaxy is ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured one of the most stunning and rare cosmic sights in astronomy: a nearly ...

An elliptical galaxy (at center) is seen being wrapped by a spiral galaxy forming a single "Einstein ring," but in reality is the result of a cosmic lens overlapping the two distant celestial ...