Einstein Ring in Stunning Image of SDP.81

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Einstein Ring in Stunning Image of SDP.81

ALMA’s highest resolution image ever of an Einstein Ring reveals the dust glowing inside the distant galaxy SDP.81. The ring structure was created by a gravitational lens that distorted the view of the distant galaxy into a ring-like structure.

Credit: ALMA (NRAO/ESO/NAOJ)

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Einstein Ring in Stunning Image of SDP.81

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