Saturday, April 6, 2013

ScienceDaily: Stars News

ScienceDaily: Stars News


Dead star warps light of companion red star, astronomers say

Posted: 05 Apr 2013 06:47 AM PDT

Astronomers have observed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion red star. The findings are among the first detections of this effect -- a result predicted by Einstein's theory of general relativity -- in binary, or double, star systems.

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