The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is one of the most powerful available to astronomers, but sometimes it too needs a helping hand. This comes in the form of Einstein’s general theory of relativity, which makes galaxy clusters act as natural lenses, amplifying the light coming from very distant galaxies.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1304/
Kind regards,
ESA/Hubble Information Centre The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
5 March 2013
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