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Galaxy Cluster SDSS J1004+4112

December 12

This picture captures a galaxy cluster called SDSS J1004+4112 that’s so massive that its gravity bends light from galaxies behind it. The light of a distant quasar (the brilliant core of an active galaxy) has been bent around the cluster, appearing in five places in this image.

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December 12