Sentences with phrase «star focuses the light»

The astronomers spotted the solar system due to a phenomenon called gravitational microlensing — when the gravity of a star focuses the light from a more distant star and magnifies it like a lens.

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Southampton star Virgil van Dijk has been in the lime light for a long time but now a new name is in the focus.

In 2007, a star near the centre of our galaxy appeared to brighten because another object had focused the star's light onto Earth.

That's why we made telescopes, which use lenses or mirrors to gather and focus light, revealing the details of faraway planets, stars and galaxies.

In each case, the researchers assumed a dark object had moved in front of the star, acting as a «gravitational microlens» and focusing the light from the star («The Galaxy's dark secrets», New Scientist, 9 April).

A beam tightly focused by a telescope could greatly outshine a planet's host star at a particular wavelength, Townes realized, popping out as clearly as a red laser pointer aimed at someone from across a stadium flooded with white lights.

University of Amsterdam astronomers Roy van Boekel and Michiel Min and their colleagues used the European Very Large Telescope array in northern Chile to focus on the cores of three young protoplanetary disks, surrounding stars a few hundred light - years away.

Microlensing works on a much smaller scale: Individual stars or planets focus the light of more distant stars, making the background star appear to grow brighter and then dim again.

This involves blocking out the light from the central star and bringing light from the dim planets into focus.

This animation illustrates how the powerful gravity of a massive galaxy cluster bends and focuses the light from a supernova behind it, resulting in multiple images of the exploding star.

The foreground star has basically acted as a magnifying lens, focusing the light from the background star for astronomers on Earth to observe.

On Feb. 5, 2014 a special hangout focused on the recent detection of a dying star igniting the most powerful blast ever seen — something so powerful it radiated energy that was 500 million times that of visible light.

From 1995 until 2000, the GBI carried out a survey focused on the binary star systems Beta Persei and V711 Tauri — both are about 95 light - years from Earth.

My work currently focuses on observations of the ultraviolet light emitted from small stars, and in particular flares of that emission.

Kepler focuses on one region of sky, viewing fields again and again, looking for subtle changes in the light output of stars.

In these cases, each planet's gravitational field bends and focuses light from a star lined up behind it, much as the glass lens in a telescope bends and focuses starlight.

Like an Oscar bait E.T., this soft focus drama stars Kevin Spacey as Prot — either a delusional man stricken with grief at the loss of his wife and child or an alien from the planet K - PAX who travels the galaxy using light.

Other titles in this section include: Naomi Kawase's sweet, light and leisurely AN; Tom Geens» COUPLE IN A HOLE, about a couple living in an underground forest dwelling to be left alone to deal with their mysterious grief; DEPARTURE, Andrew Steggall's delicate first feature about longing, loneliness and nostalgia for a sense of family that may have never existed; Jacques Audiard's Palme d'Or - winner about a makeshift family trying to cement their bonds, DHEEPAN; the World Premiere of Biyi Bandele's FIFTY, a riveting exploration of love and lust, power and rivalry and seduction and infidelity in Lagos; the European Premiere of Maya Newell's documentary GAYBY BABY, following the lives of four Australian children whose parents all happen to be gay; Mark Cousins returns to LFF with his metaphysical essay film I AM BELFAST, Stig Björkman's documentary INGRID BERGMAN — IN HER OWN WORDS, a treasure trove of Bergman's never - before - seen home movies, personal letters and diary extracts alongside archive footage; Hirokazu Kore - eda's beautiful OUR LITTLE SISTER, focusing on the lives of four young women related through their late father in provincial Japan; the European Premiere of Mabel Cheung's sweeping Chinese epic based on the true story of Jackie Chan's parents A TALE OF THREE CITIES and Guillaume Nicloux's VALLEY OF LOVE starring Isabelle Huppert and Gérard Depardieu in a tale of love, loss, memory and the mystical.

Scarlett Johansson is in early talks to star in the Focus Features drama «Reflective Light,» sources tell Variety.

Rey of light: the anticipation might focus on J.J. Abrams as he labors to orchestrate a sequel for all time — but keep your eye on the new star

When distilled down to its basest elements, con drama Focus is a light and airy attempt to hearken back to the days of movie star vehicles that require nothing more than mega movie star wattage and a smooth smile to keep their exploits afloat.

Speaking to WomensWearDaily.com, Elizabeth explained that they stayed away from dark colours and instead, they focused on «light» to represent the young star's playful style.

Focusing on the luxury experience, the Navigator includes a central star logo on the grille that lights up when the owner approaches, followed by front and rear lighting, while a puddle lamp illuminates a «welcome mat» with the logo on the ground alongside the door.

The five - star ANCAP rated Focus gets six airbags, a rear - view camera and rear parking sensors, while for an extra $ 300 it's possible to specify a convenience pack that adds an electrochromatic rear - view mirror, auto headlights, rain - sensing wipers and follow - me - home lighting.

Pros were the v6 Penta star engine, many cup holders, both rows behind the front seats stow n go (fold down completely into the floor), airplane style focused lights, the auto back doors (pull handle or click button and they auto open), digital display, and many storage compartments!

The focus here is on railroads at night, a visual paradigm that has produced startling combinations of darkness and light photographs that look like film noir stills, marked by sparks, stars and smoke.

This article will focus on finding Star Alliance reward availability but will shed a little bit of light on the other two factors.

The hotel's concept will focus around stripped - back luxury, with exposed brick work, open lobby spaces flooded with light and five - star service.

It was a surprising story as Star Wars is very typically light side focused.

The entire book is designed to resemble a thick case file focusing on one Arno Dorian, star of Assassin's Creed: Unity, and features written reports on the character and the events surrounding him authored by a previous Abstergo employee by the name of Richard Fraser, a man whose story unfolds throughout the book, providing a light narrative to the case file.

And Opie found them to be a perfect metaphor for the movie star's passing, shooting them out of focus, capturing their essence in soft, dappled light.

Based in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the artist has a series of astoundingly tiny and incredibly detailed sketches, always in a dark circle and focusing on light, whether by fire, star, or electricity.

Mateo Pizarro has an ongoing series of pencil drawings focused around light, whether by fire, star, or electricity — and they're tiny.

Via Green Light: The Rocky Mountain Institute, whose chair and chief scientist is TEDTalks star Amory Lovins, this month spun off a car company, Bright Automotive, that's focused on making street - legal all - electric cars.

No doubt fans will be even more excited come next week, when the final Super Smash Bros. for Wii U and Nintendo 3DS focused Nintendo Direct shines more light on exactly what Cloud will play like when he is added to Nintendo's all - star fighting game.

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