The Euclid space telescope captured images of the light, known as an Einstein ring, created by gravitational lensing around a different galaxy which is closer to Earth - 500 million light years away - which scientists say is a "stone's throw away in cosmic terms".
Scientists spot rare ring of light from far-away galaxy which has never been observed before Scientists say they have spotted a rare circle of light in space, which comes from a far-away galaxy which has never been observed before.
Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts light will bend around objects in space, so they focus the light like a giant lens - and the effect would be bigger for massive galaxies.
Conor O'Riordan of the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany and lead author of the first scientific paper analysing the ring, said: "An Einstein ring is an example of strong gravitational lensing.
The ring is made up of light from a background galaxy 4.42 billion light-years away and what can be seen from Earth is distorted by gravity.
