Sentences with phrase «caught in its gravitational field»
Solar means «of the Sun» and System refers all the bodies that are caught in its gravitational field.
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Occasionally, when the stars are aligned just right, this warping of the fabric of the universe results in a phenomenon known as gravitational lensing, wherein the strong gravitational field of a foreground object acts as a lens that «bends» light from an object in the background and allows scientists to catch a glimpse of what might otherwise have remained invisible.