Even the NASAHubble Space Telescope gets by with a little help from its friends. 🎶 Through the hand of science, this galactic masterpiece is the product of teamwork between our space telescope and its celestial subjects, a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. When a large object — such as a massive cluster of galaxies, as seen here — distorts space with its huge gravitational field, it causes light from more distant galaxies to travel along altered and warped paths. ✨ Look at the two dominant elliptical galaxies near the center of this image. Do you see the curved streaks of light surrounding both of the large galaxies? The effect you’re seeing is the product of lensing! Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, M. Gladders et al; Acknowledgment: Judy Schmidt #nasa #space #hubble #spothubble #spacetelescope #telescope #galaxy #gravity #beautiful #teamwork #science #solarsystem #universe