@astoundingCosmos — #spacefacts
On September 29th, 2026, an image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was released to the public (see attached) on Earth. The image itself is a photograph of a galaxy cluster known as MACS J0454.1-0300. This image is a *fascinating* example of a phenomena known as 'gravitational lensing'. Gravitational lensing is, as can be seen in the image, a warping and/or magnification of light due to the gravitational pull of a massive celestial body. In this case, it is the gravitational pull of the galaxy cluster itself! Each bright, yellow light shown within this image is an entire galaxy and not a m...Read more
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