Mysterious ring of fire discovered appearing in the universe.

Astronomers have discovered a mysterious "ring of fire" in space thanks to the theory of relativity by the physics genius Albert Einstein.

Located 12 billion light-years from Earth, the Ring of Fire is an illusion created by the random alignment of two distant galaxies. According to experts, this impressive circular structure is a rare manifestation of the gravitational lensing phenomenon that Albert Einstein predicted in his general theory of relativity.

Einstein's hypothesis suggested that the gravitational effects of closer galaxies would bend the light of more distant galaxies. The Alma space telescope in Chile was able to capture this effect in the observatory's highest-resolution images, by observing the relatively bright light emitted by cosmic dust in distant galaxies.

In this particular case, the galaxy known as SDP.81 and an impact galaxy aligned so perfectly that light from the more distant galaxy formed an almost perfect circle, as seen from Earth.

SDP.81, discovered by the Herschel Space Observatory, is an active star-forming galaxy located nearly 12 billion light-years from our planet. It is lenticularly influenced by a massive galaxy located almost 4 billion light-years away.

"Gravitational lensing is used in astronomy to study the early universe, far away, because it dramatically enhances the power of our space telescopes. With the impressive level of detail in Alma's new images, astronomers will now be able to piece together the information contained in the distorted image of the ring of fire we see and reconstruct a true picture of the distant galaxy," said scientist Catherine Vlahakis, deputy program manager for Alma.

According to the Daily Mail