White dwarf star lenses light of sunlike companion | Science News

3,153 views · Published 18 April 2014 · 0:54 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: Science News · 2014 · Science & Technology

Watch on YouTube

A gravitational lens in a binary star lets astronomers weigh the core of a dead star. Read more at sciencenews.org.

Credit: Eric Agol and NASA/SDO HMI science teams;
Reported by Christopher Crockett; Produced by Ashley Yeager

More from this channel