{"id":157675,"date":"2023-02-11T16:44:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:44:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/hubble-telescope-gauges-mass-of-lone-white-dwarf-using-einsteins-gravitational-microlensing"},"modified":"2023-02-11T16:44:47","modified_gmt":"2023-02-11T22:44:47","slug":"hubble-telescope-gauges-mass-of-lone-white-dwarf-using-einsteins-gravitational-microlensing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/02\/hubble-telescope-gauges-mass-of-lone-white-dwarf-using-einsteins-gravitational-microlensing","title":{"rendered":"Hubble Telescope Gauges Mass of Lone White Dwarf Using Einstein\u2019s Gravitational Microlensing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-nNiULl5_2k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/02\/230202112706.htm\" rel=\"nofollow\">Science Daily<\/a> reports that the astronomers found out that the mass of this lone white dwarf is equivalent to 56% of the sun\u2019s weight. It aligns with previous theoretical predictions regarding the white dwarf\u2019s mass, and it also sheds light on persisting theories regarding the evolution of these white dwarfs as a result of usual star evolution. The interesting observation grants further understanding of theories regarding white dwarf composition and structure.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespaceacademy.org\/2023\/02\/nasa-scientists-weigh-white-dwarf-for.html?m=1\" rel=\"nofollow\">Space Academy<\/a>, the astronomers made use of the renowned Hubble Space Telescope to gauge this lone white dwarf\u2019s mass. The dwarf is known as LAWD 37.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Science Daily reports that the astronomers found out that the mass of this lone white dwarf is equivalent to 56% of the sun\u2019s weight. It aligns with previous theoretical predictions regarding the white dwarf\u2019s mass, and it also sheds light on persisting theories regarding the evolution of these white dwarfs as a result of usual [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[385,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-157675","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evolution","category-space"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157675\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}