Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light around a nearby galaxy CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- Europe’s Euclid space telescope has detected a rare halo of bright light ...

This unique discovery was made by Yale doctoral student Imad Pasha. The galaxy is 250,000 light-years wide, twice the size of the Milky Way, with rings forming like ripples in water.

The ring of light surrounding the centre of the galaxy NGC 6505, captured by ESA’s Euclid telescope, is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — 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 ...