This image released by NASA in Washington on September 9, 2009 shows Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 through The Hubble Space Telescope's newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Abell 370 is one of the very first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, where the warping of space by the clusterÕs gravitational field distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it. This is manifested as arcs and streaks in the picture, which are the stretched images of background galaxies. UPI/NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO Team

This image released by NASA in Washington on September 9, 2009 shows Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Cluster Abell 370 through The Hubble Space Telescope's newly repaired Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). Abell 370 is one of the very first galaxy clusters where astronomers observed the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, where the warping of space by the clusterÕs gravitational field distorts the light from galaxies lying far behind it. This is manifested as arcs and streaks in the picture, which are the stretched images of background galaxies.    UPI/NASA, ESA, Hubble SM4 ERO Team Stock Photo
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3000 x 2474 px | 25.4 x 20.9 cm | 10 x 8.2 inches | 300dpi

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9 September 2009

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