Tag Archive for 'Einstein Ring'

This composite image, which combines data from Webb’s Near-InfraRed Camera (NIRCam), Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS) instruments, shows an Einstein ring around an elliptical galaxy in the galaxy cluster SMACSJ0028.2-7537. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / Webb / G. Mahler.

Very Rare ‘Einstein Ring’ Spotted by Webb

Apr 2, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

Light from an extremely distant spiral galaxy was bent and magnified by the gravity of a member of the galaxy cluster SMACSJ0028.2-7537 into a ring-like...

Close-up of the Einstein ring around NGC 6505. Image credit: ESA / Euclid / Euclid Consortium / NASA / J.-C. Cuillandre / G. Anselmi / T. Li.

Astronomers Discover Complete Einstein Ring around NGC 6505

Feb 10, 2025 by Natali Anderson

An Einstein ring (also known as an Einstein-Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring) is created as the light from distant objects, like galaxies, pass by an extremely...

This Hubble image shows several galaxies in the constellation of Hydra. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / D. Erb.

Hubble Space Telescope Observes Various Galaxies in Hydra

Jan 6, 2025 by Enrico de Lazaro

This new image from the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) aboard the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows a tiny patch of sky in the constellation of Hydra. This...

Stellar, cold-gas and ionized-gas emission distributions of the rare HyLIRG Einstein ring, PJ0116-24. Image credit: Liu et al., doi: 10.1038/s41550-024-02296-7.

Astronomers Study Motion of Gas in Extremely Rare Hyperluminous Infrared Galaxy

Jul 16, 2024 by News Staff

Hyperluminous infrared galaxies are the rarest and most extreme star-forming systems and found only in the distant Universe. Stellar, cold-gas and ionized-gas...

This Hubble image shows various distant galaxies in the constellation of Cetus: most of the galaxies are very small, but there are a few larger galaxies and some stars where detail can be made out; in the center there is an elliptical galaxy with a brightly glowing core and a broad disk; a reddish, warped ring of light, thicker at one side, surrounds its core; a small galaxy intersects the ring as a bright dot. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / H. Nayyeri / L. Marchetti / J. Lowenthal.

Hubble Sees Myriads of Distant Galaxies in Cetus

Jan 1, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new infrared image, taken with the Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) on board the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows dozens of galaxies — including...

In this false-color Webb image, the foreground galaxy is shown in blue, while the SPT0418-47 galaxy is red; the organic molecules are highlighted in orange. Image credit: J. Spilker / S. Doyle / NASA / ESA / CSA.

Webb Finds Complex Organic Molecules in Early Universe

Jun 5, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers have detected polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in SPT-S J041839-4751.9 (SPT0418-47 for short),...

SPT0418-47 is gravitationally lensed by a foreground galaxy, appearing in the sky as a near-perfect ring of light -- a so-called Einstein ring. Image credit: ALMA / ESO / NAOJ / NRAO / Rizzo et al.

Dusty, Chemically Mature Galaxy Spotted in Early Universe

Feb 28, 2023 by News Staff

The newly-discovered galaxy, SPT0418-SE, and its much larger companion, SPT0418-47, reside in a massive dark-matter halo with yet-to-be-discovered neighbors,...

This Hubble image shows GAL-CLUS-022058-38303, the largest, nearly-complete Einstein ring known. The image is made up of observations from Hubble’s Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) in the infrared and optical parts of the spectrum. Three filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues to each monochromatic image associated with an individual filter. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Saurabh Jha, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey / L. Shatz.

Astronomers Study ‘Molten Einstein Ring’ in Detail

Sep 23, 2021 by News Staff

Located in the southern constellation of Fornax, GAL-CLUS-022058-38303 is a so-called Einstein ring — a distorted image of a gravitationally lensed...

An Einstein ring formed by gravitationally lensed light from 2M1310-1714. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Treu / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Gravity of Massive Galaxy Pair Magnifies Light from Distant Quasar

Aug 9, 2021 by Enrico de Lazaro

Thanks to the presence of a gravitational lens, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured five separate images of 2M1310-1714, a quasar located...

Hubble Space Telescope Spots Enormous Einstein Ring

Dec 14, 2020 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have captured a striking photo of GAL-CLUS-022058-38303, the largest and one of the most complete...

This is an image of the gravitational lens system SDSS J0146-0929 as photographed by Hubble. Image credit: NASA / ESA / Hubble / Judy Schmidt, www.geckzilla.com.

Hubble Space Telescope Sees Einstein Ring

Apr 2, 2018 by News Staff

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope have spotted a so-called Einstein ring, a rare image of a distant galaxy lensed by gravity. This...

Canarias Einstein ring: the central lensing galaxy is shown in red and the blue Einstein ring is visible all around it. Image credit: M. Bettinelli et al / DECam / CTIO.

Canarias Einstein Ring: Astronomers Capture Rare Image of Lensed Galaxy

Jun 5, 2016 by Sergio Prostak

Astronomers have spotted an almost complete Einstein ring — an image of a far-off galaxy lensed by gravity — in the vicinity of the Sculptor...

This composite image shows the gravitationally lensed galaxy SDP.81; the bright orange central region of the ring reveals the glowing dust in this distant galaxy; the surrounding lower-resolution portions of the ring trace the millimeter wavelength light emitted by carbon monoxide; the diffuse blue element at the center of the ring is from the intervening lensing galaxy. Image credit: ALMA / NRAO / ESO / NAOJ / B. Saxton / AUI / NSF / NASA / ESA / Hubble / T. Hunter.

ALMA Sees Star Nurseries in Gravitationally Lensed Galaxy SDP 81

Jun 8, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile have captured detailed images of the gravitationally...

ALMA Images of Lensed Galaxy SDP.81 Reveal Einstein Ring

Apr 8, 2015 by News Staff

Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have captured stunning images of a gravitationally lensed galaxy called HATLAS...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope Captures Smiling Galaxy Cluster

Feb 11, 2015 by News Staff

An unusual galaxy cluster called SDSS J1038+4849 appears to smile at us in a newly-released image from Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2). This...