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06-07-2017, 11:51 PM
Researchers devised a way to measure a star's mass, thanks to Einstein
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How do you measure the mass of a star?
Well, according to famed cosmologist Albert Einstein, you can try to solve this problem by looking at the subtle bending of starlight as it encounters the immense gravity of a**ther, closer star.*
By measuring that light deflection, you could, in theory at least, weigh out the mass of the target star.
SEE ALSO: Gorgeous new Hubble photo shows two galaxies dancing through space (http://mashable.com/2017/05/15/hubble-space-telescope-galaxy-flyby-photo/)
There's only one problem: Einstein never thought that we could actually make this measurement. The legendary scientist said that "there [was] ** hope of observing [that distortion] ... directly," in a 1936 study published in the journal Science.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/einstein-mass-of-a-white-dwarf-star/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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How do you measure the mass of a star?
Well, according to famed cosmologist Albert Einstein, you can try to solve this problem by looking at the subtle bending of starlight as it encounters the immense gravity of a**ther, closer star.*
By measuring that light deflection, you could, in theory at least, weigh out the mass of the target star.
SEE ALSO: Gorgeous new Hubble photo shows two galaxies dancing through space (http://mashable.com/2017/05/15/hubble-space-telescope-galaxy-flyby-photo/)
There's only one problem: Einstein never thought that we could actually make this measurement. The legendary scientist said that "there [was] ** hope of observing [that distortion] ... directly," in a 1936 study published in the journal Science.* Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/06/07/einstein-mass-of-a-white-dwarf-star/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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