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Some scientific discoveries shake up my brain.
On the one hand, it almost blows my mind when I think about it further. On the other hand, it's wonderfully reassuring to realise that there are a lot more important and fascinating things in this cosmos than some evil guys on two small legs.
www.esa.intEuclid discovers a stunning Einstein ringEuclid, the European Space Agency’s dark Universe detective, has made an astonishing discovery – right in our cosmic backyard.
Detailed study of a rare hyperluminous rotating disk in an #EinsteinRing 10 billion years ago: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41550-024-02296-7 -> Zooming in on a surprising ring: https://www.almaobservatory.org/en/image-releases/zooming-in-on-a-surprising-ring/
NatureDetailed study of a rare hyperluminous rotating disk in an Einstein ring 10 billion years ago - Nature AstronomyAn extreme Einstein ring ~10,000 times as bright as the Milky Way in the infrared is studied with VLT/ERIS and ALMA, and the authors find that the lensed galaxy is a starburst with a fast-rotating disk, rather than being driven by a major merger.
