HD 144812 is a rare post-red supergiant star in a binary system, observations find
Astronomers from the Czech Republic and Argentina have employed the Gemini South telescope to observe a yellow supergiant ...
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Scientists are using stellar 'quakes' to peer inside stars
Like earthquakes, ripples of gas on a star's surface — referred to as stellar quakes — offer clues about what lies beneath. And now, scientists have found a new way to probe these tremors in stars' ...
Astronomers listened to the ‘music’ of flickering stars – and discovered an unexpected feature
Stars are constantly vibrating because of ‘starquakes’. Listening to their sound can reveal a surprising amount of ...
A rare nova will erupt anytime now. Here’s how to find it in the night sky
The T Coronae Borealis, also known as T CrB, is a recurrent nova that bursts about every 80 years. Astronomers are pointing ...
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Universal clues found in the musical melodies of 'starquakes'
Starquakes in stars from cluster M67 reveal hidden pauses that mark major internal changes. These pauses improve how we estimate star ages.
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These Giant Stars Are ‘Singing’ the Same Note on Repeat
Vibrations echoing through giant stars are offering unexpected insights into their internal structures and evolutionary paths ...
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A rare nova will erupt anytime now. Here’s how to find it in the night sky
“It's literally a nuclear explosion on the surface of that white dwarf that ... “Blaze Star,” is a binary system made up of a red giant star and a white dwarf star. They orbit close together ...
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Astronomers listened to the 'music' of flickering stars—and discovered an unexpected feature
Using observations from the Kepler space telescope's K2 mission, we had a rare opportunity to track the evolution of stars during most of their journey through the giant phase of the stellar life ...