File:Gravitational lens.gif
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English: As an exoplanet passes in front of a more distant star, its gravity causes the trajectory of the starlight to bend, and in some cases, results in a brief brightening of the background star as seen by a telescope. The artistic animation illustrates this effect. This phenomenon of gravitational microlensing enables scientists to search for exoplanets that are too distant and dark to detect any other way. |
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| Source | https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6314 |
| Author | Image credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle |
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This file is in the public domain in the United States because it was solely created by NASA. NASA copyright policy states that "NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted". (See Template:PD-USGov, NASA copyright policy page or JPL Image Use Policy.) |  |
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| current | 21:08, 3 March 2021 | | 1,042 × 586 (5.28 MB) | wikimediacommons>Bürgerentscheid | framerate reduced to fit 100 MP limit |
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