A distant planet orbiting two stars, found by its warping of spacetime, has been confirmed using observations from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The planet’s mass caused what is known as a microlensing event, where light is bent by an object’s gravitational field. The event was observed in 2007, making this the first circumbinary planet to be confirmed following detection of a microlensing event.
The release, images and videos are available on:
http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1619/
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ESA/Hubble Information Centre
The ESO Education and Public Outreach Department
22 September 2016
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