The Largest Einstein Ring Ever Discovered

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It’s no secret that the universe features some seriously strange and rare phenomenon, and the “Molten Ring” is definitely one of them. Hubble Reveals ‘Molten Ring,’ the Largest Einstein Ring Ever Discovered.

 

 

 

Hubble Reveals ‘Molten Ring,’ the Largest Einstein Ring Ever Discovered (msn.com)

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Scientists have examined the mysteries of a distant galaxy made visible not just by the Hubble Space Telescope but also a deep-space optical phenomenon known as an "Einstein Ring".

First theorised in 1912 before Einstein formally published his theory in 1916, the phenomenon seen by Hubble shows the light of a distant galaxy being magnified by a factor of 20.

It effectively made Hubble's observing capacity equivalent to that of a 48-metre-aperture (157ft) telescope, compared to the 2.4m (7.8 feet) aperture it actually has.

These physical properties have only just been discovered after astronomers precisely modelled the effects of the lensing on the image of the distant galaxy.

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