Gravitational microlensing

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Diagram illustrating gravitational microlensing with three scenarios: a star's light passing by a lensing object, showing how the lens bends light toward Earth and creates a brighter or distorted view of the star as seen from Earth.

The opening slide to the interactive. An illustration of a telescope under a starry sky.

Gravitational microlensing: Media

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Images

Diagram illustrating gravitational microlensing with three scenarios: a star's light passing by a lensing object, showing how the lens bends light toward Earth and creates a brighter or distorted view of the star as seen from Earth.

Illustration of gravitational microlensing showing a lens moving between Earth and...

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Interactives

The opening slide to the interactive. An illustration of a telescope under a starry sky.

How the Roman Space Telescope will find new exoplanets

Click through to see how the telescope will use microlensing to discover Earth-like...

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