This animation illustrates the concept of gravitational microlensing with a rogue planet — a planet…
Illustrations · NASA Roman mission site
This animation illustrates the concept of gravitational microlensing with a rogue planet — a planet that does not orbit a star. When the rogue planet appears to pass nearly in front of a background source star, the light rays of the source star become bent…
- Released
- October 25, 2023
- Category
- Illustrations
- Size
- 1,024 × 576 pixels
- Credit
- NASA
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Source: science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/exoplanets
