Light through a gravitational lens

Didier Queloz ()
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Didier Queloz: the Observatoire de Genève

Nature, 2006, vol. 439, issue 7075, 400-401

Abstract: A planet with a mass lower than that of Neptune has been detected as its gravity bent the light from a remote star. This lensing technique adds to our arsenal for spotting small planets outside the Solar System.

Date: 2006
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DOI: 10.1038/439400a

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