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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Marcia Dunn

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Space telescope spots rare einstein ring of light around galaxy in our cosmic neighborhood - The Untold Story

Galaxy Halo - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy, astronomers reported Monday.

The halo, known as an Einstein ring, encircles a galaxy 590 million light-years away, considered close by cosmic standards. A light-year is 5.8 trillion miles.

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