A study published in the Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics (JCAP) presents a methodology to test the assumption ...

"This first strong gravitational lens discovered by Euclid has unique characteristics." The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning.

Such examples of gravitational lensing can help astronomers learn more about the properties of dark matter Margherita Bassi Daily Correspondent Galaxy NGC 6505 and its surrounding Einstein ring ...

“We investigated a different method of constraining anisotropy which involved so-called weak gravitational lensing,” says Adam. Weak lensing occurs because matter between us and a distant galaxy ...

NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a galaxy far behind it. The almost perfect alignment of NGC 6505 and the background galaxy has bent and magnified the light from the ...

The presence of a strong gravitational lens around NGC 6505 was, until now, completely unknown. This elliptical galaxy has been observed in various wavelengths for decades – in X-rays ...

They are one of the best examples we have of gravitational lensing–a phenomenon that Albert Einstein predicted in 1915. The ring and other findings are detailed in a study published February 10 ...

C. Cuillandre, T. Li Einstein rings are gravitational lenses, or regions of spacetime in which gravitational fields bend and refocus light that passes through them. The light is magnified to an ...

Einstein rings are examples of strong gravitational lensing, O’Riordan said, a phenomenon that acts like a magnifying glass in the universe, revealing celestial objects and light from distant ...

"We investigated a different method of constraining anisotropy which involved so-called weak gravitational lensing," says Adam. Weak lensing occurs because matter between us and a distant galaxy ...

That’s a technique called gravitational lensing and researchers have used it for decades to make astonishing discoveries. “The extra boost from the gravitational lensing has been really exciting to be ...