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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Euclid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euclid</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/telescope" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>telescope</span></a> captures <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EinsteinRing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EinsteinRing</span></a> revealing warping of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/space" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>space</span></a>, showing light from a distant <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/galaxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>galaxy</span></a> bent into a perfect circle by the gravity of another galaxy sitting between Earth and the source, <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ESA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ESA</span></a> said.<br>Phenomenon, spotted around galaxy <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/NGC6505" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NGC6505</span></a> some 590M light-years from Earth, reveals the warping of space predicted by Einstein's theory of relativity. The background galaxy, located 4.42B light-years away, appears as a complete ring of light around NGC 6505.<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/feb/10/euclid-telescope-captures-einstein-ring-revealing-warping-of-space" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/science/2025/f</span><span class="invisible">eb/10/euclid-telescope-captures-einstein-ring-revealing-warping-of-space</span></a></p>