"They're so rare, and they're incredibly useful scientifically," said Conor O'Riordan of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.

The Einstein ring observed by Euclid is a direct illustration of the theory of general relativity. According to Albert Einstein, light bends in the presence of massive objects, creating ...

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy. The halo, known as an ...

Astronomers have made a surprising discovery that challenges current theories of galaxy formation. A colossal disk-shaped ...

Two U.S. astronauts who made a protracted stay aboard the International Space Station after their spacecraft malfunctioned ...

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 ...

When the test images were sent back to Earth, Euclid Archive Scientist Bruno Altieri spied what appeared to be an Einstein ring. Einstein rings occur when light from a distant galaxy bends to form ...

“Even from that first observation, I could see it, but after Euclid made more observations of the area, we could see a perfect Einstein ring. For me, with a lifelong interest in gravitational ...

In the vastness of the Universe, some discoveries remind us how much we still have to learn. A recent study on Cosmic ...

An Einstein Ring was discovered by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope in September 2023. Space telescope finds rare 'Einstein Ring' of light in nearby galaxy A rare ring of light ...