A massive, spacetime-warping cluster of galaxies is the setting of today’s NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image. The galaxy cluster in question is Abell 209, located 2.8 billion light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). This Hubble image of Abell 209 shows more than a hundred galaxies, but there’s more to this cluster than even […]
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Astrophysics, Astrophysics Division, Galaxies, Galaxy clusters, Goddard Space Flight Center, Gravitational Lensing, Hubble Space Telescope
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July 11, 2025
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