2025 April 21 - Galaxy Lenses Galaxy from Webb

In today's image, we see a galaxy lensing another galaxy lined up directly behind it. When the alignment is perfect, the more distant galaxy will appear in an Einstein ring around the foreground galaxy as shown here.

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