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James Webb maps gravitational lensing in a massive galaxy cluster

🌌📸 James Webb captured a stunning scene of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, showing how its immense gravity bends and distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it — a vivid demonstration of gravitational lensing and the distribution of mass in the universe. 🔭🌠 ✨🌀 This deep-space observation not only highlights warped light arcs but also offers insights into both foreground cluster structure and the distant galaxies magnified through the cluster’s gravitational influence. 🪐🔍

Homer Dávila
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A Webb image of many glowing galaxies in deep space, in various shapes and colors, on a black background. There are some large, blue spiral galaxies, some large and pale white elliptical galaxies, and many orange and red, medium-sized galaxies. Even smaller galaxies, down to tiny faint spots, appear in all these colors. Credit: ESA/Webb, NASA & CSA, C. Willott (National Research Council Canada), R. Tripodi (INAF—Astronomical Observatory of Rome)

🌌📸 James Webb captured a stunning scene of the massive galaxy cluster MACS J1149.5+2223, showing how its immense gravity bends and distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it — a vivid demonstration of gravitational lensing and the distribution of mass in the universe. 🔭🌠
✨🌀 This deep-space observation not only highlights warped light arcs but also offers insights into both foreground cluster structure and the distant galaxies magnified through the cluster’s gravitational influence. 🪐🔍

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Homer Dávilahttps://skycr.org/homer-davila
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