Rare Double Einstein Ring Found

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Astronomers Find Rare Double Einstein Ring

"Finding three galaxies lined up one behind another is less likely than winning two consecutive bets on the same number in roulette. So when astronomer Tommaso Treu (University of California, Santa Barbara) and his colleagues found such a galaxy trio, they knew they'd hit the cosmic jackpot."

SkyandTelescope.com - News from Sky & Telescope - Astronomers Find Rare Double Einstein Ring

 

[Pushrod]

These distances always astound me! 2, 6, and 11 BILLION light years away! We are looking into the past Billions of years. It is hard to comprehend that distance, it would be like earth being the size of an atom and the distance to Pluto and back.