Gravity bends light of distant galaxy into a ring
Last year, using the ALMA telescopes, astronomers made this strange photo of a very distant galaxy. The distant galaxy in this image is not ring-shaped at all, it has been distorted by a cosmic lens which has bent the light of the distant galaxy into a ring. This is similar to the way your reflection is distorted by the curved shape of a spoon.
Credit:
ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ); B. Saxton NRAO/AUI/NSF
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