Astronomers have discovered the nearest known Einstein ring, a gravitational lensing phenomenon where light from a distant galaxy is bent by the gravity of a closer galaxy.

In a recent study published in The Astrophysical Journal, a team of scientists from the University of Tokyo, Peking ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles ...

The Euclid space telescope has, by chance, discovered its first Einstein ring, and it is absolutely stunning. Beyond its aesthetic appeal, this perfectly circular Einstein ring has allowed researchers ...

The structure is nearly 600 million light-years from Earth and is an early display of the nascent dark matter telescope's power.

The European Space Agency (ESA)’s Euclid Mission has been working over the last 18 months to understand what dark matter and ...

Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter believed to be everywhere, outnumbering regular matter (what we're made of) 5-to ...

Discover Quipu, the universe's largest known structure, spanning 1.3 billion light-years and containing 200 quadrillion solar masses, challenging current cosmological models.

Euclid, the European Space Agency’s dark Universe detective, has made an astonishing discovery – right in our cosmic backyard ...

Main image: 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. Credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, ...

Euclid space telescope has photographed an incredible astronomical phenomenon called an 'Einstein ring.' The image shows a ...