Euclid’s image of a galaxy called NGC 6505 captures an example of a strong lens called an Einstein ring, where the light forms a circle around the distant object.

The telescope launched in 2023, aiming to chart one third of the sky -- encompassing 1.5 billion galaxies -- to create what has been billed as humanity's most accurate 3D map of the universe. The ...

In February 2025, Euclid came across an Einstein Ring, a rare phenomenon caused by gravitational lensing. In a surprise siting around 590 million light-years from Earth, light from a background galaxy ...

The Euclid space mission of the European Space Agency has spotted an Einstein ring in the galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million lightyears from the earth.

Visual evidence from Euclid reveals an Einstein ring encircling NGC 6505, a galaxy situated approximately 590 million light-years away.

Light Emission: A distant galaxy emits light in all directions. Gravitational Lensing: A massive foreground galaxy (NGC 6505) bends the light due to its immense gravitational field.

Follow us on Google News (click on ☆) The Euclid space telescope has captured an Einstein ring, a rare and spectacular phenomenon, around the galaxy NGC 6505. This unprecedented observation opens new ...

A ring of light surrounding the center of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by European Space Agency’s Euclid telescope, shows an example of an Einstein ring. European Space Agency photo via AP CAPE ...

The discovery of the Einstein ring around NGC 6505 came during an early testing phase of Euclid’s instruments in September 2023. Scientists were calibrating the telescope when they noticed an ...