The Universe is Bending Light, and Astronomers Need Your Help to Find it

LRG 3-757 is a fabulous example of an einstein ring and now, a team of scientists want your help to find them (Credit : ESA/Hubble)

Einstein told us that massive objects bend light and he was of course, right. Across the universe, giant galaxies are acting as natural telescopes, warping and distorting the light of objects behind them into spectacular arcs and rings. Now the Euclid space telescope wants your help to find them and the scale of the hunt is unlike anything attempted before.

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