The galaxy cluster is named PLCK G165.7+67.0, mercifully nicknamed G165.
G165 is 3.6 billion light-years from Eartha staggering distance in itselfbut the supernova it highlights is even more ancient.
To achieve three images, the light traveled along three different paths.
The galaxy cluster PLCK G165 (left) with a triply imaged supernova (right).Image: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Brenda Frye (University of Arizona), Rogier Windhorst (ASU), S. Cohen (ASU), Jordan C. J. D’Silva (UWA), Anton M. Koekemoer (STScI), Jake Summers (ASU)
That team of researchers said they expected more light from the supernova to arrive on Earth in 2037.
The astronomers used it to confirm the Hubble tension, avexing headachein our understanding of the universe.
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