This ESA/Webb Picture of the Month shows eight stunning examples of gravitational lensing. Gravitational lensing, which was first predicted by Einstein, occurs because massive objects like galaxies and clusters of galaxies dramatically warp the fabric of spacetime. When a massive foreground object lines up just so with a background galaxy, the light from the background galaxy bends as it navigates the warped spacetime on its way to our telescopes.
Depending on how perfect the alignment is, the light from the background galaxy can be bent into an arc, a circle (a phenomenon called an βEinstein ringβ) or even split into multiple images.
What's out there in the universe? We don't know until we look.
The COWLS project scanned 42,000 galaxies and found hundreds of previously unknown gravitational lenses -- places where the pull of massive galaxies has warped space & bent starlight into arcs and rings. π§ͺπ
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No. Your education will be sooooo effed up.
Take from an American who's seen similar π© go down
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MSN
Supreme Court ruling could let GOP add 19 House seats and βclear the path for a one-party systemβ www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
08.10.2025 22:55 β π 2 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Oh this is not great
08.10.2025 21:18 β π 4751 π 1525 π¬ 231 π 70
BEHN: βFeed kids. Fix roads. And fund hospitals. Instead of handing out corporate tax breaks.β
TN-07 Democratic nominee @aftynbehn.bsky.social puts her people-first priorities front and center in a high-energy victory speech
08.10.2025 02:23 β π 4319 π 1360 π¬ 60 π 48
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Who thinks James Comey is a victim of political vengeance?
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08.10.2025 17:45 β π 1987 π 717 π¬ 48 π 38
True dat!‡οΈ
Meanwhile, the guy is boredly sipping his coffee and shaking his head? WTAF?
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β‘οΈ NEW: State Rep. Aftyn Behn has won the Democratic Primary in Tennesseeβs 7th Congressional District Special Election
@aftynbehn.bsky.social
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YouTube video by The Bulwark
Sparking conflict *between* states is a new frontier even for Trump
This must stop bc there is no going back.
youtube.com/shorts/N9fB3...
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Agree to disagree.
08.10.2025 05:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by Players Unlimited - Media
Trumpβs WORST NIGHTMARE! Special Counsel Wins ACCESS to White House Records!
youtube.com/watch?v=yfhu...
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YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand
Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose
All you f@ci$t$ are bound to lose!
Old-time music for our current times.
youtu.be/VwcKwGS7OSQ?...
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I wouldnβt advise anyone in Portland to walk your dog near this building.
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Tomorrow the Epstein survivors will storm Capitol Hill to demand release of the files. I hope new Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is sworn in at their press conference by another judge or official who is authorized to do so (doesnβt have to be the Speaker).
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Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Is Awarded for Work on Immune Systems
We are all Dr. Brunkow π΄
βDr. Brunkow said she did not expect to win a Nobel Prize. βMy phone rang, and I saw a number from Sweden and thought, well thatβs just spam of some sort, so I disabled the phone and went back to sleep,ββ www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/h...
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All children deserve lives unburdened by hate, war, guns, bombs, kidnapping, or murder. All people deserve equal rights to peace, dignity, and self-determination.
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The mediaβs job is to make you think that the people who want to give you healthcare are just as crazy as the people trying to take it away.
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Kristi Noem confronts enemy combatants in the Portland war zone today.
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#NoKings MORE Queens π
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#Voices4Victory
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Make America Great Againβ¦
GTF Out!
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
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