New photos from the James Webb Space Telescope show off the bewitching beauty of the warped quasar RX J1131-1231, which is adorned with four bright spots birthed by mind-bending space-time trickery.

A gravitationally lensed quasar looks just like a sparkling piece of jewelry. A sparkling jeweled ring, created through a cosmic phenomenon called gravitational lensing, has been imaged by the ...

The Einstein ring results from a phenomenon called gravitational lensing (Image credit: NASA/ESA/CSA) The concept of gravitational lensing was first predicted by Albert Einstein in his theory of ...

From “Cosmic Cliffs,” to an awe-inspiring image of a cloud complex filled with gas and stars, Webb has captured the cosmos in ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured a breathtaking image of a distant quasar, a super bright object powered by a black hole. This image isn't your typical space picture though. A cosmic ...

RX J1131-1231, located roughly six billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Crater, is considered one of the best ...

A beautiful, "bejeweled" halo of warped light generated by a monster black hole takes center stage in one of the latest James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) images. The luminous loop, which is ...

A beautiful, "bejeweled" halo of warped light generated by a monster black hole takes center stage in one of the latest James ...