![Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star](https://www.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/160020main_image_feature_671_ys_full.jpg)
Orbiting a Red Dwarf Star
This artist's concept of a gas giant planet orbiting a red dwarf K star shows a planet has not been directly imaged, but its presence was detected in 2003 microlensing observations of a field star in our galaxy. Gravitational microlensing happens when a foreground star amplifies the light of a background star that momentarily aligns with it.
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