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Gravity's Grin
Gravitational lensing, predicted by Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity, gives these distant galaxies a whimsical appearance. Nicknamed the Cheshire Cat galaxy group, its two large elliptical galaxies are framed by arcs. These arcs are optical images of distant background galaxies, their light bent and magnified by the gravity of the foreground galaxy group. This image combines X-ray data from Chandra and optical data from Hubble.
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In tropical astrology, 5 AUG 2017 falls under Leo (♌). The sign's window runs from 07-23 through 08-22. Leo is anchored by Regulus, the heart of the Lion, twenty-four parsecs from Earth. The Sun was crossing this region of the sky on 5 AUG 2017.