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A beautiful,"bejeweled" halo of warped light generated by a monster black hole takes center stage in one of the latest James Webb Space Telescope images. The luminous loop, which is strikingly similar to an"Einstein ring," is adorned by four bright spots — but not all of them are real.
Gravitational lensing also magnifies our view of extremely distant objects like RX J1131-1231, which would otherwise be almost invisible to us. This magnification effect can create bright spots in lensed objects, which shine like brilliant gemstones in a piece of jewelry, especially when the distant object is not perfectly aligned with the observer.
Related: Researchers solve mystery of inexplicably dense galaxy at the heart of perfect 'Einstein ring' snapped by James Webb telescope
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