The Hubble Space Telescope detects space objects including six bright spots known as the “Einstein ring” 65 million light-years from Earth
- The Einstein ring was seen in the Virgin’s cluster 65 million light-years away
- The ring formed when a quasar passed through the gravitational field of two more distant galaxies.
- Albert Einstein predicted the phenomenon in 1915, which he called the gravitational lens
The Hubble Space Telescope captured an impressive “Einstein ring” in the constellation Virgo more than 65 million light-years from Earth.
This cosmic visualization, formally known as the gravitational lens, occurs when the gravitational field of a massive object in space distorts space and deflects light from a distant object behind it.
It then translates into a bull’s eye pattern, or “Einstein’s ring.” It was predicted by the famous physicist Albert Einstein in 1915.
The image shows six bright points of light grouped in the center, four of which form a circle around a central pair.
The formation, however, consists of only two galaxies and a single distant quasar that expands as it passes through the gravitational field of the galaxies.
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The Hubble Telescope captured an impressive “Einstein ring” in the constellation Virgo more than 65 million light-years from Earth.
The quasar in this image is farther from Earth than the pair of galaxies.
A quasar is the extremely bright core of an active galaxy and its powerful glow is created by the incredible amounts of energy released by the gas falling into the supermassive black hole in the center.
“The light from the quasar has been tilted around the pair of galaxies due to its huge mass, giving the incredible appearance that the pair of galaxies is surrounded by four quasars, while in reality a single quasar is much more beyond them, “the European Space Agency (ESA) shared in a statement.
This cosmic screen, formally known as the gravitational lens, was predicted by the famous physicist Albert Einstein in 1915.
In 1915, Einstein, of German descent, claimed that gravity is the result of massive objects that deform the very fabric of the universe, which he called space-time.
Since then, experts have been able to test his theory of general relativity in the solar system and show that his innovative work resists scrutiny, which has been with hundreds of Einstein rings.
Thomas Collett, of the Institute of cosmology and gravitation at the University of Portsmouth, which discovered another Einstein ring in 2018, said in a statement: “General relativity predicts that massive objects deform space-time.
“This means that when light passes near another galaxy, the path of light deviates.
“If two galaxies are aligned along our line of sight, this can lead to a phenomenon, called a strong gravitational lens, where we see several images of the background galaxy.
Hubble captured Einstein’s recent ring this month in the Virgo cluster, which consists of about 1,300 galaxies.
Telescope data identifies a seventh point of light in the center, which is a rare fifth image of the distant quasar.
Hubble captured Einstein’s recent ring this month in the Virgin’s cluster (pictured), which consists of about 1,300 galaxies
“If we know the mass of the galaxy in the foreground, the amount of separation between the multiple images tells us whether general relativity is the correct theory of gravity on galactic scales.”
Hubble captured Einstein’s recent ring this month in the Virgo cluster, which consists of about 1,300 galaxies.
Telescope data identifies a seventh point of light in the center, which is a rare fifth image of the distant quasar.
A few hundred strong gravitational lenses are known, but most are too far apart to accurately measure their mass.
This rare phenomenon is caused by the presence of two galaxies in the center that act as a lens.
THE GENERAL THEORY OF EINSTEIN RELATIVITY
Albert Einstein (pictured) published his general theory of relativity in 1915
In 1905, Albert Einstein determined that the laws of physics are the same for all non-accelerating observers and that the speed of light in a vacuum was independent of the motion of all observers, known as the theory of relativity. special.
This innovative work introduced a new framework for all physics and proposed new concepts of space and time.
He then spent ten years trying to include acceleration in the theory, finally publishing his theory of general relativity in 1915.
This determined that the massive objects caused a distortion in space-time, which is perceived as gravity.
In its simplest form, it can be considered as a giant rubber sheet with a bowling ball in the center.
The image shows the original historical documents related to Einstein’s prediction of the existence of gravitational waves, shown at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
As the ball deforms the sheet, a planet bends the fabric of space-time, creating the force we feel as gravity.
Any object that approaches the body falls towards it due to the effect.
Einstein predicted that if two massive bodies came together, a huge ripple in space-time would be created that should be detectable on Earth.
It was recently shown in the hit film Interstellar.
In a segment that saw the crew visit a planet that fell within reach of the gravity of a huge black hole, the event caused time to slow down massively.
The planet’s crew members barely aged while those on the ship had decades more to return.