Sentences with phrase «curves near a star»

Last century, Einstein showed that a ray of light curves near a star - sized mass.

Not exact matches

They hoped to find a star near the centre of the explosion which is indicated by the curved shock fronts.

Einstein's theory states that time and space are not absolute but relative: time runs faster in high altitudes but slower at fast velocities, as can be measured in the mountains or with satellite clocks; and space can be curved by the gravity of large masses, as was proven in the 1919 solar eclipse when star positions near the Sun seemed to have «shifted», but in reality only the light rays had been curved by the Sun's mass.

Various tests show no evidence for any companion star near enough to affect the light curve or the radial velocities for this system.

These shock waves appear as thin curved loops, sometimes with bright knots on their end (the brightest examples are near the bright star at the lower left).

Using multi-epoch optical and near - IR follow - up spectroscopy with FLAMES on the Very Large Telescope and ISIS on the William Herschel Telescope we obtain a full orbital solution and derive the fundamental parameters of both stars by modelling the light curve and radial velocity data.