<ul><li>The latest image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, captured by the "Strong Lensing and Cluster Evolution (SLICE) survey" at the University of Liège in Belgium, shows a cosmic phenomenon called an "Einstein ring".</li><li>Einstein rings occur when light from one distant object is bent around the mass of another object, illustrating Einstein's theory of general relativity.</li><li>The gravitational lensing effect creates a curvature of light on astronomical scales, making it observable in this case.</li><li>The image of an elliptical galaxy wrapped in a spiral galaxy provides a unique opportunity to study galaxies that are otherwise too faint and distant to see.</li></ul>

Latest Webb telescope image shows a cosmic phenomenon called an 'Einstein ring'

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