Space telescope finds rare 'Einstein Ring' of light in nearby galaxy
An Einstein Ring was discovered by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope in September 2023.
![Space telescope finds rare 'Einstein Ring' of light in nearby galaxy](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/800x450+0+175/resize/1400/quality/100/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fca%2F55%2F5b4b517c416ca1850020a7ba5f3d%2Fclose-up-of-the-einstein-ring-around-galaxy-ngc-6505.jpg)
![A ring of light surrounding the center of NGC 6505, a nearby galaxy, is captured by the European Space Agency](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/4848x4848+0+0/resize/4848x4848!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0c%2Fac%2Fef3adad3460a8b06f130e859396b%2Feuclid-image-of-a-bright-einstein-ring-around-galaxy-ngc-6505.jpg)
An Einstein Ring was discovered by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope in September 2023.
(Image credit: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li)