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This animation explains how gravitational microlensing detects planets.

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Illustration showing the signature distortion caused by gravity.
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This animation explains how gravitational microlensing detects planets.

Credit: Andrew Williams, University of Western Australia / Trent Schindler, National Science Foundation

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