NASA explains how a 'ring of fire' annular solar eclipse occurs and how it differs from a total solar eclipse. WARNING: ...

A rare ring of light surrounding a galaxy nearly 590 million light-years away from Earth has been discovered by a space ...

A timelapse of the 2023 annular solar eclipse as seen from outside Great Basin National Park in Ely Nevada. Captured with a Unistellar eQuinox 2 smart telescope with Smart Solar Filter. Credit: Space.

is a stunning example of an Einstein ring. NGC 6505 is acting as a gravitational lens, bending light from a galaxy far behind it. The almost perfect alignment of NGC 6505 and the background galaxy ...