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Reply to comment by EnumeratedArray in James Webb Telescope captures the same galaxy at three different points in time in a single mind-boggling image by mirzavadoodulbaig
Due to gravitational lensing, the light from the galaxy took three different routes to reach us, so we see the same galaxy three times on the same picture; also, as each route has a different length, light took a different amount of time to reach us.
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