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Fascinating mission. I don't understand how microlensing events resulting from primordial black holes can be differentiated even statistically, given that they
by woopsn 2y ago
Fascinating mission. I don't understand how microlensing events resulting from primordial black holes can be differentiated even statistically, given that they "can't be formed by any known physical process", but in any case it's exciting to discover there's much more of something up there than we knew. Even if they are "just" rogue planets.
- api 2y agoWe have a variety of ways to make insanely precise measurements of light to the point of counting photons. I’m guessing that factors into being able to detect microlensing.