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yosito on July 12, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Deepest infrared image of universe

I am wondering if the galaxies that look extruded are actually stretched like that from some crazy force or black hole or something, or if the light is distorted.

wgx on July 12, 2022 [–]

It's gravitational lensing from the cluster of galaxies around the center of the image. Source: https://twitter.com/ProfBrianCox/status/1546722072499462147

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