Hubble Discovers 67 New Gravitationally Lensed Galaxies in the Distant Universe

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Credit: NASA ESA C. Faure (Zentrum Fr Astronomie University of Heidelberg) and J.P. Kneib (Laboratoire dAstrophysique de Marseille)
Credit: NASA, ESA, C. Faure (Zentrum Für Astronomie, University of Heidelberg) and J.P. Kneib (Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille)

Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have compiled a large catalog of gravitational lenses in the distant universe. The catalog contains 67 new gravitationally lensed galaxy images found around massive elliptical and lenticular-shaped galaxies. This sample demonstrates the rich diversity of strong gravitational lenses. If this sample is representative, there would be nearly half a million similar gravitational lenses over the whole sky.


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