"James Webb telescope captures trippy spacetime warp in distant galaxy cluster"

NASA's James Webb Telescope has released new photos of galactic "arcs and streaks" in space, showing the phenomenon of gravitational lensing, where a celestial body with significant gravitational pull warps spacetime, bending the path of light around it. This effect magnifies distant galaxies, making it helpful for scientists studying them. The SDSS J1226+2149 galaxy cluster shown in the photo is around 6.3 billion light years away, and the Cosmic Seahorse galaxy is shown as a "long, bright, and distorted arc spreading out near the core." The James Webb Space Telescope continues to capture some of the clearest photos of the far reaches of the universe.