The Euclid space telescope of the European Space Agency (ESA) discovered Einstein's rarest Ring near the Earth. Light rings arise when two galaxies are almost perfectly aligned, one after another.

This bright ring is one of the best examples of gravitational lenses - the phenomena that Albert Einstein predicted in 1915. In addition to the contemplation of aesthetic attractiveness, it allowed researchers to “weigh” the dark matter in the center of the galaxy, located at a distance of almost 600 million light years, writes Space. Com.

The spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA) was launched in July 2023. And it is stunning that Euclid noticed his first strong gravitational lens, when he began to build the most accurate 3D card of the universe, which was ever created, scientists say.

According to experts, the map is deepening in 10 billion years of space history, helping scientists to explore the secrets of the dark universe: dark matter and dark energy.

Therefore, Euclid received the nickname "

Einstein’s ring, noticed by the ESA telescope, is located in the NGC 6505 galaxy, which is located in 590 million light years from the ground, which is considered close by cosmic standards, writes Popularscience.

It is interesting that the light that forms the ideal Ring of Einstein, fixing the Euclid, comes from a more remote galaxy. This unknown distant background galaxy is at a distance of about 4.42 billion light years from us, and its light is distorted by gravity during her trip, experts say.

The team of researchers called her "

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