1 day ago · The ring itself is exceptionally bright compared with most Einstein rings that we know of, says Collett, in part because it is very close to us, but also due to Euclid’s imaging capabilities.

1 day ago · Around a galaxy just 590 million light-years away, astronomers have discovered a stunning example of one of the rarest phenomena in our skies: a perfect ring of light. The phenomenon is known as an Einstein ring, and it was discovered circumscribing the galaxy NGC 6505 in data collected by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope.

An Einstein ring, also known as an Einstein–Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring (named for Orest Chwolson), is created when light from a galaxy or star passes by a massive object en route to the Earth. Due to gravitational lensing, the light is diverted, making it seem to …

1 day ago · A zoomed-in image of the Einstein ring created by the gravitational lens in the form of the galaxy NGC 6505. (Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre ...

1 day ago · The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. Astronomers have known about this galaxy for more than a century and so were surprised when Euclid revealed the bright glowing ring, reported in the journal Astronomy and Astrophysics. ...

1 day ago · The Einstein ring find so early in its mission indicates Euclid is on course to uncover many more secrets of the universe. More About Euclid. Euclid is a European mission, built and operated by ESA, with contributions from NASA. The Euclid Consortium — consisting of more than 2,000 scientists from 300 institutes in 15 European countries, the ...

1 day ago · The ring of light surrounding the center of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA's Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending ...

1 day ago · Euclid’s new Einstein ring. The Einstein ring that Euclid spotted is located in the galaxy NGC 6505.It is only a hop, skip, and a jump away from Earth at 590 million light-years away.

1 day ago · If the background galaxy, the lensing galaxy, and the telescope are perfectly aligned, the image appears as a ring – called an Einstein ring. Einstein rings were first theorised to exist by Einstein in his general theory of relativity. [[Image Description: Against a dark blue background, this infographic contains a paragraph of text in the ...

Sep 26, 2023 · Photos snapped by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have revealed the farthest-ever example of an "Einstein ring." The record-breaking halo of warped light, which is a whopping 21 billion...