The Search for Exoplanets: What Astronomers Know

Finding Planets with Gravitational Lensing

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S1 • E19    Sep 23, 2015    30m
Get a lesson in Einstein's general theory of relativity to understand an effect called gravitational microlensing, which allows astronomers to deduce a planet's existence without recording any light from the planet or its host star. This technique reveals exoplanets that would otherwise go undetected.

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