MUNICH — When the European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope launched on July 1, 2023, to explore the dark universe, no one expected its first major discovery to come during routine testing. Yet ...

For over a century, astronomers have searched the skies for a perfect example of a phenomenon predicted by Albert Einstein: a luminous halo formed by the bending of light around a massive object. Now, ...

Around a galaxy just 590 million light-years away, astronomers have discovered a stunning example of one of the rarest phenomena in our skies: a perfect ring of light. The phenomenon is known as an ...

A rare ring of light surrounding a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years from Earth has been discovered by a space telescope that scientists hope will uncover more cosmic phenomena throughout the ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. An Einstein ring! What at first appears to be a single, ...

An Einstein Ring was discovered by the European Space Agency's Euclid space telescope in September 2023. Space telescope finds rare 'Einstein Ring' of light in nearby galaxy A rare ring of light ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday. The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles ...