
NASA Hubble Space Telescope shows the inner region of Abell 1689, an immense cluster of galaxies located 2.2 billion light-years away. The cluster gravitational field is warping light from background galaxies, causing them to appear as arcs.
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NASA ID
PIA13339
Date Created
August 19, 2010
Center
JPL
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