The James Webb Space Telescope captures a galaxy lens./Courtesy of European Space Agency (ESA), James Webb Space Telescope, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Canadian Space Agency (CSA), G. Maier

At first glance, it appears to be one, but it is a view of two overlapping galaxies. The bright elliptical galaxy in the center of the image is actually in the foreground, while the surrounding blue and red spiral galaxy is much farther away. The gravity of the nearby galaxy bends the light coming from the galaxy behind it, a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing. The two galaxies in this image were captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, where the light from distant celestial bodies bends and appears like a ring known as the "Einstein ring" when the galaxies are aligned.