Smiley Face Galaxy Cluster Spotted By Hubble Telescope

Submitted by Galactic Free Press on Wed, 02/11/2015 - 16:28

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Looks like even space is sending us emojis these days. Sure beats a deadly asteroid.

The Hubble space telescope snapped this picture of SDSS J1038+4849, a galaxy cluster that’s quite distant to the Earth. The two eyes are made of very bright galaxies, and the smile lines are caused by strong gravitational lensing that creates an arc-like effect.

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