(ScienceDaily) Hubble zooms in on a magnified galaxy

By , Posted 02/03/12

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120202150821.htm

Astronomers aimed Hubble at one of the most striking examples of gravitational lensing, a nearly 90-degree arc of light in the galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623. Hubble's view of the distant background galaxy, which lies nearly 10 billion light-years away, is significantly more detailed than could ever be achieved without the help of the gravitational lens.