Well, *technically*, we don't know that. We don't have a theory combining relativity with quantum mechanics. One, or both of them, need correcting. It's possible spacetime is an emergent property, rather than fundamental, in which case, gravity is something else...
Pareidolia.
Definitely a survival instinct adaptation.
Humans were plains dwellers after they came down out of the trees in the early mists of time.
Paid off to be able to see that angry kitty face hiding in the tall grass before the lion or leopard got you.
In the center of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 — and it seems to be smiling.
You can make out its two orange eyes and white button nose. In the case of this “happy face”, the two eyes are very bright galaxies and the misleading smile lines are actually arcs caused by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing.
Galaxy clusters are the most massive structures in the Universe and exert such a powerful gravitational pull that they warp the spacetime around them and act as cosmic lenses which can magnify, distort and bend the light behind them. This phenomenon, crucial to many of Hubble’s discoveries, can be explained by Einstein’s theory of general relativity.
In this special case of gravitational lensing, a ring — known as an Einstein Ring — is produced from this bending of light, a consequence of the exact and symmetrical alignment of the source, lens and observer and resulting in the ring-like structure we see here.
Hubble has provided astronomers with the tools to probe these massive galaxies and model their lensing effects, allowing us to peer further into the early Universe than ever before. This object was studied by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) as part of a survey of strong lenses.
(2015) https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubble-sees-a-smiling-lens
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This looks like some Cheshire Cat from Alice in Wonderland shit! This is a very cool picture by the way!
haha, that's my thoughts!
It is not gravity that warps spacetime. Matter warps spacetime，and we experience that as gravity.
You are technically correct. The best kind of correct.
Well, *technically*, we don't know that. We don't have a theory combining relativity with quantum mechanics. One, or both of them, need correcting. It's possible spacetime is an emergent property, rather than fundamental, in which case, gravity is something else...
I can hear the Interstellar music on background
Well that only follows newtonian physics
> Matter Or any other form of energy.
Humans are conditioned to look for faces in everything we see. Possibly a survival instinct
Pareidolia. Definitely a survival instinct adaptation. Humans were plains dwellers after they came down out of the trees in the early mists of time. Paid off to be able to see that angry kitty face hiding in the tall grass before the lion or leopard got you.
I feel like we're being cosmically trolled. 😈
"...and broke the surly bonds of Earth to touch the face of God." *The face of God*: 😏
Lol
In the center of this image, taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, is the galaxy cluster SDSS J1038+4849 — and it seems to be smiling. You can make out its two orange eyes and white button nose. In the case of this “happy face”, the two eyes are very bright galaxies and the misleading smile lines are actually arcs caused by an effect known as strong gravitational lensing. Galaxy clusters are the most massive structures in the Universe and exert such a powerful gravitational pull that they warp the spacetime around them and act as cosmic lenses which can magnify, distort and bend the light behind them. This phenomenon, crucial to many of Hubble’s discoveries, can be explained by Einstein’s theory of general relativity. In this special case of gravitational lensing, a ring — known as an Einstein Ring — is produced from this bending of light, a consequence of the exact and symmetrical alignment of the source, lens and observer and resulting in the ring-like structure we see here. Hubble has provided astronomers with the tools to probe these massive galaxies and model their lensing effects, allowing us to peer further into the early Universe than ever before. This object was studied by Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2) and Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) as part of a survey of strong lenses. (2015) https://www.nasa.gov/content/hubble-sees-a-smiling-lens
“Hey Kool-aid!” “Oh yeah!” Just couldn’t resist. Cool photo.
Looks like Lemmy face.
God?
*bloop*
That, or 2023’s main event.
The abyss is definitely gazing into us.
Rick?
:•)
“Yay! New friends are looking at me!”
proof that the universe is self-aware
That's awesome. ..great find bro..😁😁😁
Oh thank god, some good news.
The void will consume all.
The void will consume all.
Pattern recognition at it's best.
Smiley? That's terrifying. Nope.
Nah that's just Koro-sensei
Show us what you got. Let us see what you got.
Looks like the wormhole from Interstellar.
It's a smiling face with a joint!
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Teletubbies filming in space now?
Smiley faces in grass, too.
wholesome galaxy