Telescope captures high-resolution photograph of Einstein's Star

The James Webb Space Telescope, developed by NASA, the Canadian Space Agency and the European Space Agency, has a high technology and can capture the formation of galaxies and stars. Among his great achievements, the recent capture of an image of an "Einstein ring" in excellent quality stands out.

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This is a theory of the German physicist created almost a century ago. See now more information about the photograph of the Ring of Einstein that was obtained through the famous telescope named James Webb.

Einstein Ring and James Webb Space Telescope

See the figure below. Recorded by one of the most famous and technological telescopes on the planet, the James Webb, the photograph is the most perfect and in high resolution already published in history about this phenomenon that was predicted almost a hundred years ago by physicist Albert Einstein.

What is the Einstein Ring?

Also called the Einstein-Chwolson ring or Chwolson ring, the gravitational lensing phenomenon is generated by the warping of spacetime and the light of a distant galaxy.

Imagine two galaxies that are very far away from each other. As light from the distant galaxy travels across the nearest galaxy, it follows the warping of space-time that is created by gravity. For this reason, it also deforms, arriving on Earth in the shape of a ring.

This perfect circle created by the gravitational lensing event may even help scientists and astronomers to recognize which galaxy is more distant: the red ones are further away while the blue tones refer to the ones that are farther nearby.

How was the image released?

To capture the photograph, MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) was used, that is, the instrument used to capture it was an infra-red. An astronomy student, through the social network Reddit, whose account is @Spaceguy44, used data from the MIRI instrument and the James Webb Telescope released to the public by NASA and released the information on its account, enchanting netizens and space lovers.