Bob Tregilus<p>Wow, a stunning image by JWST of an Einstein ring, a more distant galaxy's light being bent by gravitational lensing around a much closer galaxy. The closer galaxy is an elliptical and the much more distant galaxy, which in this case is perfectly aligned behind the foreground elliptical thereby forming the ring, is a spiral galaxy. I think this beautiful image is going to be my desktop for awhile. Just stunning!</p><p><a href="https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2025/03/Webb_spies_a_spiral_through_a_cosmic_lens" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/Webb_spies_a_spiral_through_a_cosmic_lens</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Astronomy</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AstroPhysics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AstroPhysics</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Universe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Universe</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Cosmos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cosmos</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/JWST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JWST</span></a></p>