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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...