March 1
Galaxy Cluster RCS2 032727-132623
Observed in 2011
The light from a distant galaxy, nearly 10 billion light-years away, has been warped into arcs and streaks by the gravity of galaxy cluster RCS2 032727-132623. The cluster acts as a gravitational lens, bending and amplifying light from the background galaxy.
Image credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Space Telescope