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  • Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring 🤩

    Euclid discovers a stunning Einstein ring 🤩

    Euclid, the European Space Agency’s dark Universe detective, has made an astonishing discovery – right in our cosmic backyard.

    An Einstein Ring, an extremely rare phenomenon, has been found hiding in plain sight in a galaxy not so far away. 🤩

    During early testing in September 2023, the team spotted something special in one of Euclid’s first images—an Einstein Ring! This rare phenomenon, caused by gravitational lensing, was found around the well-known galaxy NGC 6505, just 590 million light-years away. The light from a much more distant galaxy (4.42 billion light-years away) is bending around it, creating a stunning cosmic ring.

    This discovery shows just how powerful Euclid is. With its mission now in full swing, we can expect many more hidden cosmic wonders to be revealed!

    📹 ESA – European Space Agency
    📸 ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, image processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li

    #ESA #Euclid #EinsteinRing

  • Gaia just made an unexpected discovery 🪐

    Gaia just made an unexpected discovery 🪐

    Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely discovered by Gaia’s ability to sense the gravitational tug or ‘wobble’ the planet induces on a star. Both the planet and brown dwarf are orbiting low-mass stars, a scenario thought to be extremely rare.

    📹 ESA – European Space Agency
    📸 ESA/Gaia/DPAC/M. Marcussen

    #ESA #Gaia #SpaceDiscovery

  • How the Large Magellanic Cloud survived a galactic collision! 🌌

    How the Large Magellanic Cloud survived a galactic collision! 🌌

    Did you know the Large Magellanic Cloud, one of our galaxy’s closest neighbors, survived a dramatic collision with the Milky Way’s gaseous halo? Despite losing most of its gas, the Large Magellanic Cloud is still forming new stars—a testament to its resilience! Thanks to Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers measured the Large Magellanic Cloud’s halo for the first time, revealing incredible insights about galaxy interactions.

    📹 ESA – European Space Agency
    📸 NASA, ESA, R. Crawford

    #ESA #Hubble #LargeMagellanicCloud