<ul><li>The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured a stunning image of a bizarre astronomical optical illusion.</li><li>The image shows an Einstein ring, which is a distorted view of two distant galaxies in the constellation Hydrus.</li><li>Gravitational lensing caused by a massive object bending light creates the Einstein ring phenomenon, in which a more distant galaxy's light appears as a ring.</li><li>The image was captured by JWST's Near-InfraRed Camera instrument and includes data from the Hubble Space Telescope.</li></ul>

James Webb telescope zooms in on bizarre 'Einstein ring' caused by bending of the universe

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