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Asteroseismology allows scientists to explore stars with sound. It can help them figure out what a star is burning and even help pin down the age of stars!
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Sources:
scientificamerican.com/article/making-sound-waves
ucl.ac.uk/EarthSci/people/lidunka/GEOL2014/Geophysics4%20-%20Seismic%20waves/SEISMOLOGY%20.htm
exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1516/symphony-of-stars-the-science-of-stellar-sound-waves
arxiv.org/abs/0811.2908
arxiv.org/abs/1103.5805
scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-scientists-determi
ucolick.org/~bolte/AY4_00/week7/cluster_ages.html
arxiv.org/abs/1708.00259
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/astronomers-report-new-measurements-of-the-suns-core-which-has-a-temperature-of-29-million-degrees-fahrenheit
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/esa-nasa-s-soho-reveals-rapidly-rotating-solar-core
Images:
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/15/4667-Image?page=5&filterUUID=4c394bbb-b21e-43ab-a160-2a4521d70243
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12729
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Structure_of_Stars_(artist%E2%80%99s_impression).jpg
exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2206/life-and-death-of-a-planetary-system
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12292
exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1002/kepler-beauty-shot
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2021/08/4805-Image
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/56/4762-Image?page=3&filterUUID=4c394bbb-b21e-43ab-a160-2a4521d70243
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13648
Thumbnail: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13011
Asteroseismology allows scientists to explore stars with sound. It can help them figure out what a star is burning and even help pin down the age of stars!
Hosted by: Hank Green
SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at scishowtangents.org
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Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: patreon.com/scishow
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Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever:
Silas Emrys, Charles Copley, Drew Hart, Jeffrey Mckishen, James Knight, Christoph Schwanke, Jacob, Matt Curls, Christopher R Boucher, Eric Jensen, Lehel Kovacs, Adam Brainard, Greg, GrowingViolet, Ash, Laura Sanborn, Sam Lutfi, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, charles george, Alex Hackman, Chris Peters, Kevin Bealer
----------
Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: dftba.com/scishow
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Twitter: twitter.com/scishow
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Sources:
scientificamerican.com/article/making-sound-waves
ucl.ac.uk/EarthSci/people/lidunka/GEOL2014/Geophysics4%20-%20Seismic%20waves/SEISMOLOGY%20.htm
exoplanets.nasa.gov/news/1516/symphony-of-stars-the-science-of-stellar-sound-waves
arxiv.org/abs/0811.2908
arxiv.org/abs/1103.5805
scientificamerican.com/article/how-do-scientists-determi
ucolick.org/~bolte/AY4_00/week7/cluster_ages.html
arxiv.org/abs/1708.00259
https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/astronomers-report-new-measurements-of-the-suns-core-which-has-a-temperature-of-29-million-degrees-fahrenheit
nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/esa-nasa-s-soho-reveals-rapidly-rotating-solar-core
Images:
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/15/4667-Image?page=5&filterUUID=4c394bbb-b21e-43ab-a160-2a4521d70243
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12729
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Structure_of_Stars_(artist%E2%80%99s_impression).jpg
exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/2206/life-and-death-of-a-planetary-system
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/12292
exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1002/kepler-beauty-shot
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2021/08/4805-Image
hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2020/56/4762-Image?page=3&filterUUID=4c394bbb-b21e-43ab-a160-2a4521d70243
svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13648
Thumbnail: svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/13011
