The James Webb Space Telescope has revealed a rare "Einstein ring," revealing two distant galaxies in an optical illusion predicted by Albert Einstein.

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help solve the universe’s mysteries.

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers with the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission have captured an unprecedented look at a rare cosmic phenomenon — and they made the observations ...

An Einstein Ring was discovered by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope in September 2023.

Scientists have found a rare Einstein ring in “our cosmic backyard” using images from the Euclid space telescope. The discovery, published in the journal Astronomy And Astrophysics, is of a ...

By Ashley Strickland, CNN (CNN) — Astronomers with the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission have captured an unprecedented look at a rare cosmic ...

The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help solve the universe’s mysteries.