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What happens when a foreground star microlenses a background star?

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  1. Its light is magnified
  2. It becomes physically larger
  3. Its spectrum loses all lines

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  1. Microlensing 101 science.nasa.gov/mission/roman-space-telescope/microlensing Checked 2026-10-10.

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