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Dead Star Warps Light of Red Star Artist Animation
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About this work
This artist concept depicts an ultra-dense dead star, called a white dwarf, passing in front of a small red star. NASA planet-hunting Kepler was able to detect gravitational lensing by measuring a strangely subtle dip in the star brightness.
NASA Image and Video Library’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineDead Star Warps Light of Red Star Artist Animation. NASA/JPL, 2013-04-04. Public domain. ID: PIA16885.
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