SCIENCE

Stellar Space Alignment Discovered by Euclid Telescope

GermanyTue Feb 11 2025
Something strangely wonderful happened recently. A never-before-seen galaxy was discovered. This galaxy’s existence was hinted at by a glowing ring of light around another nearby, well observed stellar body. The event was a result of an alignment among three celestial bodies. When alignment in outer space is just right around the intermediate local body a rare event can appear in the sky. Massive objects in the universe will curve space sideways. Some known scientific implications are a force that drives the universe's expansion. The discovery is intriguing and scientists have named what they saw an Einstein Ring. Triggered by Physics near the center wide galaxies get gravity to make an aligning large set of moving around bodies. Euclid Telescope helped bring this rare sight into view. Astronomers were thrilled, but not surprised. Telescopes without a blur are fantastic ways to unveil new information to scientists in galaxies. Studying this example of such gravitational lensing will lead to better understanding of unseen matter in the universe. Massive matter that doesn't get seen can only be estimated from its gravitational fingerprint. This matter doesn't even interact with visible light. According to Conor O’Riordan, A postdoctoral scholar, "This particular Einstein ring is giving astronomers a glimpse. The band of light is providing a new closer look at distant space objects that were once hidden. These space telescopes have opened scientific doors for decades. According to the 2023 views by Euclid telescope less than 1% of galaxies can actually form an Einstein ring. Euclid’s telescope as it spentslowly its mission important testing instruments provides stunning images on one of the relatively nearby Einstein rings. The mass around near the center will be analyzed and verified including far distant objects. Euclid, on a six-year mission to view more galaxy and creating a four dimensional map. This mission will capture new light bands from billions of those galaxies.

questions

    If cats were responsible for the gravitational lensing effect, how many cats would be needed to create an Einstein ring?
    What are the key differences between the observations made by the Euclid telescope and previous observations of NGC 6505?
    If the Einstein ring was a cosmic dance, who would be the lead dancer: the foreground galaxy or the background galaxy?

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