The Euclid Space Telescope recorded a rare astronomical phenomenon – Einstein Ring around the Galaxy called NGC 650.
This phenomenon was found based on the results of the joint work of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Aeronautics and Research of the United States (NASA).
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Einstein’s ring is a rare astronomical phenomenon that occurs when light from a distant object falls into the funnel from a black hole. The phenomenon is named after the famous scientist Albert Einstein, who put forward the general theory of relativity.
According to the NASA website, the Euclid space telescope has discovered a rare astronomical phenomenon in the NGC 6505 galaxy, which is at a distance of about 590 million light years from the Earth, which by space standards quite few. The ring around the NGC 6505 galaxy consists of light from the still not yet identified galaxy, which is located at a distance of 4.42 billion light years from the Earth.
“Einstein’s ring is an example of strong gravitational lenses,” said Conor O’Riordan from the Max Planck Institute of Astrophysics in Germany, the author of the scientific article about the ring.
The Euclid Space Telescope was launched from a space station at Cape Canaveral in Florida on July 1, 2023.