The Einstein ring, formed as light from a distant galaxy bends to glow around another object in the foreground, could help solve the universe’s mysteries.

"They're so rare, and they're incredibly useful scientifically," said Conor O'Riordan of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics.

A European Space Agency telescope has discovered its first "extremely rare" Einstein ring in a galaxy "not too far away" ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, ...

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

Universities that do breakthrough-level studies are scrambling to understand the effects as their funding agencies slash ...

An Einstein ring is light from a much more distant galaxy ... The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science and ...

A recent study, published in Nature Geoscience on December 16, 2024, reveals that Saturn's rings could be much older than previously thought. A new discovery, made at the University of Tokyo's School ...

The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles. READ MORE: The Bennu asteroid ...