Two inset images showing how one galaxy in a cluster is being gravitationally lensed.

Gravitational Lensing in Cluster IRC 0218

The farthest cosmic lens yet found, a massive elliptical galaxy, is shown in the inset image at left. the galaxy existed 9.6 billion years ago and belongs to the galaxy cluster, IRC 0218.

Credits: NASA and ESA
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