# @hubbleesa on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DY4cFX-nPPp
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66151611-hubbleesa-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3ca9ae0d21.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-05-28T12:11:16.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Hubble Space Telescope (@hubbleesa) — https://gondola.cc/hubbleesa

## Caption

Our #HubbleTopImage weighs up the COSMOS field ⚖️⁠
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This image shows the (mostly dark) matter distribution in the COSMOS field, created from data taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and ground-based telescopes. It was inferred from ‘weak’ gravitational lensing distortions imprinted onto the shapes of background galaxies.⁠
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The study of over 446,000 galaxies within the COSMOS field involved Hubble photographing hundreds of overlapping views of the same part of the Universe over nearly 1000 hours of observations!⁠
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For more information check the link in bio.⁠
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📷 NASA, ESA, P. Simon (University of Bonn) and T. Schrabback (Leiden Observatory)⁠
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#ESA #Hubble⁠

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hubble, hubbletopimage, esa

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