Sentences with phrase «most microlensing events»

We are unable to predict when most microlensing events will occur simply because we lack good measurements of the three - dimensional motion of most stars and so we can't predict when one star will cross in front of another.

Not exact matches

The astronomers are most excited by the microlensing events associated with stars in the LMC, and described the first three of these events in the 10 April issue of Physical Review Letters (vol 74, p 2867).

The team has also found evidence to silence a minority of sceptics who argue that what most astronomers take to be microlensing events are actually caused by natural variations in the intrinsic brightness of the stars being observed.