Researchers devised a way to measure a star's mass, thanks to Einstein

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Researchers devised a way to measure a star's mass, thanks to Einstein

Researchers devised a way to measure a star's mass, thanks to Einstein

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.

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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...

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