Astronomers capture star-forming 'cosmic snake' galaxy
Switzerland-based astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have captured images of a distant galaxy with a star-forming "cosmic snake" region. Using gravitational lensing, researchers were able to obtain a brighter and amplified image and observe details up to 100 times smaller. Gravitational lensing uses the gravity of a star or galaxy in between to magnify the light from the object.