The European Space Agency's (ESA) Euclid telescope captured an Einstein ring—a luminous circle formed by the gravitational bending of light around the galaxy NGC 6505.

One such revelation arrived in the form of an astonishing discovery around the elliptical galaxy NGC 6505 – a complete Einstein ring, captured by the keen eyes of the Euclid space telescope.

The ring of light surrounding the centre 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 ...

The spacecraft's high-resolution instruments made these observations possible. The Einstein Ring created around the galaxy NGC 6505, as observed by the European Space Agency's Euclid spacecraft.

The NGC 6505 gravitational lens was discovered by chance in one of the first patches of sky observed by Euclid, just two months after its July 2023 launch and during its mission verification phase.

A ring of light surrounding the center of NGC 6505, a nearby galaxy, is captured by the European Space Agency's Euclid telescope.

Euclid image of a bright Einstein ring around galaxy NGC 6505 ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li The Euclid Space Telescope has captured a ...

The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million lightyears from the earth.

NGC 6505 is a well-known galaxy only around 590 million light-years from Earth, and Euclid’s discovery of a spectacular Einstein ring here was unexpected. (Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, ...

The galaxy, called NGC 6505, is around 590 million light-years from Earth, a stone's throw away in cosmic terms.

One such revelation arrived in the form of an astonishing discovery around the elliptical galaxy NGC 6505 – a complete Einstein ring, captured by the keen eyes of the Euclid space telescope.