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 ...

Scientists say they have spotted a rare circle of light in space, which comes from a far-away galaxy which has never been ...

Scientists have found a rare Einstein ring in “our cosmic backyard” using images from the Euclid space telescope. The ...

Around a galaxy just 590 million light-years away, astronomers have discovered a stunning example of one of the rarest ...

Alfredo (he/him) has a PhD in Astrophysics on galaxy evolution and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces. The ...

Euclid blasted off on its six-year mission to explore the dark universe on 1 July 2023. Before the spacecraft could begin its ...

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 a galaxy 590 million ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a spectacular image of an Einstein ring – a circle of light formed around a galaxy by gravitational lensing. Taken by the €1.4bn Euclid mission, the ring ...