Nearby galaxies put a lens on hundreds of distant ones
![galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/ticker_heic1523a_free.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
Gravity from galaxy cluster MACS J0416.1–2403 (pictured), which sits about 5 billion light-years away, warps and magnifies light from far more distant galaxies (arcs).
NASA, ESA and the HST Frontier Fields team/STScI