He has his own gravitational lensing.
November 10, 2026 at 7:46 AM
He has his own gravitational lensing.
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Sep 30, 2025)
This ESA/Webb Picture of the Month showcases eight examples of gravitational lensing, demonstrating how massive galaxies distort light from background galaxies.
esawebb.org/images/potm2509a/
This ESA/Webb Picture of the Month showcases eight examples of gravitational lensing, demonstrating how massive galaxies distort light from background galaxies.
esawebb.org/images/potm2509a/
November 11, 2026 at 7:00 AM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (Sep 30, 2025)
This ESA/Webb Picture of the Month showcases eight examples of gravitational lensing, demonstrating how massive galaxies distort light from background galaxies.
esawebb.org/images/potm2509a/
This ESA/Webb Picture of the Month showcases eight examples of gravitational lensing, demonstrating how massive galaxies distort light from background galaxies.
esawebb.org/images/potm2509a/
Across its entire fields, Euclid revealed today 15 000 strong lensing candidates.
Together, they make up the largest-ever catalogue of strong cosmic lenses, bigger than all previous catalogues combined.
🔭 🧪 10/15
Together, they make up the largest-ever catalogue of strong cosmic lenses, bigger than all previous catalogues combined.
🔭 🧪 10/15
November 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Across its entire fields, Euclid revealed today 15 000 strong lensing candidates.
Together, they make up the largest-ever catalogue of strong cosmic lenses, bigger than all previous catalogues combined.
🔭 🧪 10/15
Together, they make up the largest-ever catalogue of strong cosmic lenses, bigger than all previous catalogues combined.
🔭 🧪 10/15
Euclid released 15,000 strong lensing candidates! Impressive 🤩
Across its entire fields, Euclid revealed today 15 000 strong lensing candidates.
Together, they make up the largest-ever catalogue of strong cosmic lenses, bigger than all previous catalogues combined.
🔭 🧪 10/15
Together, they make up the largest-ever catalogue of strong cosmic lenses, bigger than all previous catalogues combined.
🔭 🧪 10/15
November 12, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Euclid released 15,000 strong lensing candidates! Impressive 🤩
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (May 27, 2025)
Abell S1063, a massive galaxy cluster, showcases faint galaxies from the Universe’s past, magnified by its gravitational lensing effect. #NASA #JamesWebb
esawebb.org/images/potm2505a/
Abell S1063, a massive galaxy cluster, showcases faint galaxies from the Universe’s past, magnified by its gravitational lensing effect. #NASA #JamesWebb
esawebb.org/images/potm2505a/
November 8, 2026 at 11:00 PM
ESA/Webb (@esa.int) images (May 27, 2025)
Abell S1063, a massive galaxy cluster, showcases faint galaxies from the Universe’s past, magnified by its gravitational lensing effect. #NASA #JamesWebb
esawebb.org/images/potm2505a/
Abell S1063, a massive galaxy cluster, showcases faint galaxies from the Universe’s past, magnified by its gravitational lensing effect. #NASA #JamesWebb
esawebb.org/images/potm2505a/
. @theguardian.com on the @ec-euclid.bsky.social data release (including some words from meeeeeee) www.theguardian.com/science/2026... 🧪🔭
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’
Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensing
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2026 at 11:23 AM
. @theguardian.com on the @ec-euclid.bsky.social data release (including some words from meeeeeee) www.theguardian.com/science/2026... 🧪🔭
Today’s dataset (below) only covers about 14% of the total sky area Euclid will survey.
The full Data Release 1, to come in mid-2027, will build on today’s release and add more crucial parts to the cosmic puzzle, including observations of weak lensing, among others.
Stay tuned!
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The full Data Release 1, to come in mid-2027, will build on today’s release and add more crucial parts to the cosmic puzzle, including observations of weak lensing, among others.
Stay tuned!
🔭 🧪 15/15
November 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Today’s dataset (below) only covers about 14% of the total sky area Euclid will survey.
The full Data Release 1, to come in mid-2027, will build on today’s release and add more crucial parts to the cosmic puzzle, including observations of weak lensing, among others.
Stay tuned!
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The full Data Release 1, to come in mid-2027, will build on today’s release and add more crucial parts to the cosmic puzzle, including observations of weak lensing, among others.
Stay tuned!
🔭 🧪 15/15
To think – 900 million galaxies. Imagine if they each bought just one of my books.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’
Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensing
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2026 at 2:32 PM
To think – 900 million galaxies. Imagine if they each bought just one of my books.
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Here is a zoom through some of @ec-euclid.bsky.social 's strong gravitational lenses - also a tribute to the late Yannick Mellier, a pioneer of gravitational lensing, visionary scientist, driving force behind the Euclid mission (made by ELSA member @stephenserjeant.bsky.social) 🔭
November 12, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Here is a zoom through some of @ec-euclid.bsky.social 's strong gravitational lenses - also a tribute to the late Yannick Mellier, a pioneer of gravitational lensing, visionary scientist, driving force behind the Euclid mission (made by ELSA member @stephenserjeant.bsky.social) 🔭
Projekt Euclid odkryl, bagatela, 900 milionow nowych galaktyk.
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’
Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensing
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Projekt Euclid odkryl, bagatela, 900 milionow nowych galaktyk.
I was intrigued by uncover_26185, in my JWST news page. It happens to be in ABELL2744, a busy spot. Some lensing is visible.
November 11, 2026 at 3:45 PM
I was intrigued by uncover_26185, in my JWST news page. It happens to be in ABELL2744, a busy spot. Some lensing is visible.
Van Gogh painted 'Starry Night' of stars in the Hyades cluster, Venus, & a waning crescent moon. Stars in the Hyades were also those whose apparent positions were shifted by gravitational lensing during 29 May 1919 total solar eclipse – providing 1st proof for Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
November 6, 2026 at 10:26 PM
Van Gogh painted 'Starry Night' of stars in the Hyades cluster, Venus, & a waning crescent moon. Stars in the Hyades were also those whose apparent positions were shifted by gravitational lensing during 29 May 1919 total solar eclipse – providing 1st proof for Einstein's Theory of General Relativity
Y’ALL THIS IS SO COOL!!! The Euclid space telescope had their first data release today and amongst the 900 million galaxies they observed they found a TON of these strong gravitational lens systems-over 15,000 candidates! Here are a few:
📸: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, N. Lines and T. Li
📸: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, N. Lines and T. Li
November 12, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Y’ALL THIS IS SO COOL!!! The Euclid space telescope had their first data release today and amongst the 900 million galaxies they observed they found a TON of these strong gravitational lens systems-over 15,000 candidates! Here are a few:
📸: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, N. Lines and T. Li
📸: ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, N. Lines and T. Li
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Nov 9, 2023)
The galaxy cluster MACS0416, located 4.3 billion light-years away, reveals a colorful array of galaxies, enhanced by gravitational lensing and captured by Hubble and Webb.
esahubble.org/images/heic2310c/
The galaxy cluster MACS0416, located 4.3 billion light-years away, reveals a colorful array of galaxies, enhanced by gravitational lensing and captured by Hubble and Webb.
esahubble.org/images/heic2310c/
November 10, 2026 at 4:31 PM
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Nov 9, 2023)
The galaxy cluster MACS0416, located 4.3 billion light-years away, reveals a colorful array of galaxies, enhanced by gravitational lensing and captured by Hubble and Webb.
esahubble.org/images/heic2310c/
The galaxy cluster MACS0416, located 4.3 billion light-years away, reveals a colorful array of galaxies, enhanced by gravitational lensing and captured by Hubble and Webb.
esahubble.org/images/heic2310c/
DR1-Foundation reveals unprecedented numbers of cosmic objects, and includes:
Over 900 million galaxies
Around 15 000 strong gravitational lensing candidates
Over 60 million quasar candidates, the brilliant cores of distant galaxies
Over 900 million galaxies
Around 15 000 strong gravitational lensing candidates
Over 60 million quasar candidates, the brilliant cores of distant galaxies
🕵️ The #DarkUniverse detective just dropped its biggest case file yet 📁
Observations of more than one billion objects.
Today's data release lays the foundation for Euclid’s best-ever 3D map of the Universe 👉 www.esa.int/articles/abo...
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Observations of more than one billion objects.
Today's data release lays the foundation for Euclid’s best-ever 3D map of the Universe 👉 www.esa.int/articles/abo...
🔭 🧪 1/15
November 12, 2026 at 1:35 PM
DR1-Foundation reveals unprecedented numbers of cosmic objects, and includes:
Over 900 million galaxies
Around 15 000 strong gravitational lensing candidates
Over 60 million quasar candidates, the brilliant cores of distant galaxies
Over 900 million galaxies
Around 15 000 strong gravitational lensing candidates
Over 60 million quasar candidates, the brilliant cores of distant galaxies
I'm not so sure that gravitational lensing will give answers to dark matter & energy as suggested but this data from the EU Euclid mission is terrific
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’
Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensing
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2026 at 8:45 PM
I'm not so sure that gravitational lensing will give answers to dark matter & energy as suggested but this data from the EU Euclid mission is terrific
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
Try this one (yes, lenses were used multiple times, but we have 15,000 galaxy-galaxy lensing candidates!):
www.esa.int/media/about-...
www.esa.int/media/about-...
Explore Euclid’s largest-ever catalogue of cosmic lenses
<p>On 12 November 2026,<a href="https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/Euclid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">ESA’s Euclid space telescope</a> released its first major batch ...
www.esa.int
November 12, 2026 at 12:25 PM
Try this one (yes, lenses were used multiple times, but we have 15,000 galaxy-galaxy lensing candidates!):
www.esa.int/media/about-...
www.esa.int/media/about-...
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Jan 13, 2020)
Multiple distorted images of a quasar, revealed by gravitational lensing, provide insights into small dark matter clumps along the line of sight.
esahubble.org/images/opo2005a/
Multiple distorted images of a quasar, revealed by gravitational lensing, provide insights into small dark matter clumps along the line of sight.
esahubble.org/images/opo2005a/
November 7, 2026 at 4:30 PM
ESA/Hubble (@esa.int) images (Jan 13, 2020)
Multiple distorted images of a quasar, revealed by gravitational lensing, provide insights into small dark matter clumps along the line of sight.
esahubble.org/images/opo2005a/
Multiple distorted images of a quasar, revealed by gravitational lensing, provide insights into small dark matter clumps along the line of sight.
esahubble.org/images/opo2005a/
Strong lensing allows scientists to ‘weigh’ individual galaxies, including their invisible dark matter, and explore how the Universe is expanding.
With spectroscopy, they can determine which materials are present in a galaxy, and also measure its distance.
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With spectroscopy, they can determine which materials are present in a galaxy, and also measure its distance.
🔭 🧪 14/15
November 12, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Strong lensing allows scientists to ‘weigh’ individual galaxies, including their invisible dark matter, and explore how the Universe is expanding.
With spectroscopy, they can determine which materials are present in a galaxy, and also measure its distance.
🔭 🧪 14/15
With spectroscopy, they can determine which materials are present in a galaxy, and also measure its distance.
🔭 🧪 14/15
Abell 2744 is a massive foreground cluster, so its gravity can magnify and stretch background galaxies into arcs. That lensing can reveal very distant objects, though it also distorts their apparent shapes.
November 11, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Abell 2744 is a massive foreground cluster, so its gravity can magnify and stretch background galaxies into arcs. That lensing can reveal very distant objects, though it also distorts their apparent shapes.
They used telescopes but it could be possible with a bright enough star in the right place during a total solar eclipse to see a gravitational lensing event.
Lots of ifs but not impossible
Lots of ifs but not impossible
November 9, 2026 at 2:39 PM
They used telescopes but it could be possible with a bright enough star in the right place during a total solar eclipse to see a gravitational lensing event.
Lots of ifs but not impossible
Lots of ifs but not impossible
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’ #Science #Space #Cosmology #euclidmission #darkuniverse #gravitationalensing #cosmosmap #galaxycount
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’
Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensing A mission to create the largest ever 3D map of the universe has revealed more than 900m...
purescience.news
November 12, 2026 at 1:49 PM
European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’ #Science #Space #Cosmology #euclidmission #darkuniverse #gravitationalensing #cosmosmap #galaxycount