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MAR 01, 2025

Volume 78, Issue 3

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Einstein rings, such as the one that encircles galaxy NGC 6505, located near the center of the image, are examples of strong gravitational lensing, which occurs when light from a distant source is bent by a massive foreground object. For more on the ways astronomers learned how to identify gravitational lenses, turn to the article by Sebastian Fernandez-Mulligan on