James Webb Space Telescope's 'Warped' El Gordo Galaxy Cluster View Explained

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James Webb Space Telescope has delivered stunning views of the "gravitationally distorted realms" of the El Gordo galaxy cluster, according to Space.com.  Credits Image: NASA, ESA, CSA Science: Jose M. Diego (IFCA), Brenda Frye (University of Arizona), Patrick Kamieneski (ASU), Tim Carleton (ASU), Rogier Windhorst (ASU) Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU), Jordan C. J. D'Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Aaron Robotham (UWA), Rogier Windhorst (ASU) Video: Danielle Kirshenblat (STScI)

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00:00This infrared image taken by NASA's James Webb Space Telescope depicts El Gordo, a cluster

00:06of hundreds of galaxies that existed when the universe was 6.2 billion years old.

00:12This view displays a clear assortment of unusual distorted background galaxies that were suggested

00:17in previous Hubble images of the area.

00:23The El Gordo Galaxy Cluster is a classic example of gravitational lensing, where the cluster's

00:28gravity bends and distorts light from faraway objects behind it.

00:33Due to El Gordo's lensing, distant galaxies become brighter and appear larger, allowing

00:38us to see parts of the universe that would otherwise be too faint to observe.

00:43This lensing effect can also cause galaxies to appear duplicated or mirrored.

00:49One of the most prominent features is the bright red arc.

00:52Nicknamed El Enzuelo or the fish hook, the light from this galaxy traveled for 10.6 billion

00:58years to reach Earth.

01:01Its unique red color is the result of dust from within the galaxy itself, as well as cosmological

01:07redshift, which refers to the redder hues from light waves that are stretched out due to their

01:11extreme increasing distance from us.

01:15The long pencil thin line is known as La Flocka, or the thin one.

01:20It is another lensed background galaxy whose light also took nearly 11 billion years to

01:25reach Earth.

01:27Not far from La Flocka is another lensed galaxy containing an image of a single red giant star

01:32nicknamed Coir.

01:34It's nearly impossible to see lensed red giant stars without the infrared technology

01:39and sensitivity of Webb.

01:41Coir is the first individual red giant star observed at a staggering distance of over

01:4610 billion light years from Earth, and is the first of its kind spotted by Webb.

01:51With this new image of El Gordo, a gateway to groundbreaking scientific discoveries is unveiled, promising

01:57a wealth of new knowledge and insights into the captivating mysteries of our ever-expanding

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