Galaxy Cluster MACS J0138 Showing Gravitational Lensing
Galaxy Cluster MACS J0138 Showing Gravitational Lensing
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The James Webb Space Telescope observed a massive galaxy cluster called MACS J0138.0-2155. Through an effect known as gravitational lensing, first predicted by Albert Einstein, the powerful gravity of this intervening cluster (located 4 billion light-years away) warps and magnifies the more distant galaxy MRG-M0138, which is 10 billion light-years from Earth. This lensing effect not only distorts the appearance of the distant galaxy but also creates five separate images of MRG-M0138.
In 2019, astronomers made a surprising discovery: a stellar explosion, or supernova, had occurred within MRG-M0138, as captured in Hubble Space Telescope images from 2016. Recently, when another group of astronomers analyzed the latest Webb images, they were astonished to find a second supernova in the same galaxy, seven years after the first one.
Image courtesy of NASA, ESA/Webb
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