Monday, April 8, 2013
Ultradense dead star warps light of stellar companion
[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:17:56 GMT ]
By Mike Wall LiveScienceNASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has witnessed an ultradense dead star bending the light of its larger companion, marking one of the first times this phenomenon has been observed in a two-star system.Kepler detected a large drop in the brightness of a red dwarf star called KOI-256, leading astronomers to believe initially that a Jupiter-size exoplanet had crosse...
[ Mon, 08 Apr 2013 15:17:56 GMT ]
By Mike Wall LiveScienceNASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope has witnessed an ultradense dead star bending the light of its larger companion, marking one of the first times this phenomenon has been observed in a two-star system.Kepler detected a large drop in the brightness of a red dwarf star called KOI-256, leading astronomers to believe initially that a Jupiter-size exoplanet had crosse...
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