asteroseismology
Slimmed Down Red Giants Had Their Mass Stolen By a Companion Star
Millions of stars that can grow up to 620 million miles in diameter, known as 'red giants,' exist in our…
Older Stars Rotate Faster Than Expected
Older stars should slow down, but new observations reveal that they have just as much of a spring in their…
TESS is Also Helping Astronomers Study Bizarre Pulsating Stars
NASA's TESS, or Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite has one main job: finding exoplanets. But it's also helping astronomers study a…
A New Way to Measure the Age of the Milky Way
Using data collected by Kepler's K2 observation campaign, an international team of scientists was able to more accurately predict the…
Scientists are Using Artificial Intelligence to See Inside Stars Using Sound Waves
How in the world could you possibly look inside a star? You could break out the scalpels and other tools…
A Protostar’s Age Gleaned Only From Sound Waves
Precisely dating a star can have important consequences for understanding stellar evolution and any circling exoplanets. But it’s one of…
Flicker… A Bright New Method of Measuring Stellar Surface Gravity
A simple, yet elegant method of measuring the surface gravity of a star has just been discovered. These computations are…
Smallest Exoplanet Yet Discovered by ‘Listening’ to a Sun-like Star
Scientists have discovered a new planet orbiting a Sun-like star, and the exoplanet is the smallest yet found in data…
Five Awesome Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know Asteroseismology Could Do
[/caption] Asteroseismology is a relatively new field in astronomy. This branch uses sound waves in stars to explore their nature…