Left: A normal star
in a binary system pulls in matter from an aging companion star that has swelled to a bloated red giant.
Not exact matches
General relativity has been tested with great precision within the solar
system, and
in binary pulsar
systems where gravitational fields are very strong, but never on large scales where gravity's
pull is weak.
A near - infrared color - composite image of the young
binary star
system,
in which the gravitational
pull of the fainter, lower - mass companion (seen on the left) drives two beautiful spiral arms
in the gas - rich disk of the primary star.