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Hubble Sees Light Bending Around Nearby Star
Stein 2051 B is a white-dwarf star in the constellation Camelopardalis.
Credit: STSI
The Hubble Space Telescope has spotted light bending because of the gravity of a nearby white dwarf star—the first time astronomers have seen this type of distortion around a star other than the Sun. The finding once again confirms Einstein's general theory of relativity.
From Nature
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