A European Space Agency telescope has discovered its first "extremely rare" Einstein ring in a galaxy "not too far away" ...
The European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope was going through preliminary tests in September 2023 when it captured images of an Einstein Ring in a nearby galaxy.
Euclid, a space telescope on a mission to uncover the secrets of dark matter and dark energy, has already made a stunning ...
Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, T. Li The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning.
The Einstein ring was found surrounding the galaxy NGC 6505, located a relatively close 590 million light-years from Earth.
Image; ESA/Euclid/Euclid ... art instrumentation. Euclid’s first scientific images, released in November 2023, showcased the space telescope’s power, rivaling Webb in deep space.
This wide field shows the extended stellar halo of NGC 6505 and showcases the Einstein ring, surrounded by colourful foreground stars and background galaxies. (Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid ...
The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope ... at high resolution. “Euclid is going to revolutionise the field, with all this data ...
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