Sentences with phrase «brightenings of distant stars»

The body is then detected by monitoring transient brightenings of distant stars.

Not exact matches

Scientists can take advantage of the warping effect by measuring the light of distant stars, looking for a brightening that might be caused by a massive object, such as a planet, that passes between a telescope and a distant background star.
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