An Intragalactic Treasure Hunt: Red Giant Stars’ Mass “Stolen” by Stellar Neighbors
Red Giant Stars Undergo Dramatic Weight Loss Program A new, slimmer type of red giant star has been identified by astronomers, who liken their discovery…
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Astronomers Measure the Inner Structure of Distant Stars
At first glance, it would seem to be impossible to look inside a star. An international team of astronomers, under the leadership of Earl Bellinger…
Astronomers Measure Kepler 11145123 with Unprecedented Precision
In a newly published study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute and the University of Göttingen measure the shape of Kepler 11145123 with unprecedented precision….
Stars Strip Away the Atmosphere of Super-Earths
Even a super-Earth can fly too close to the sun, according to a new study from Yale University. An international team of astronomers has found…
Astronomers Probe the Magnetic Fields in the Mysterious Inner Regions of Stars
Astronomers from the California Institute of Technology have probed the magnetic fields in the inner regions of stars for the first time, revealing that they…
Seismic Analysis of Young Stars Reveals Their Evolution
A team of astronomers studying the surface vibrations in thirty-four young stars has found a clear relationship between seismic observables and evolutionary status, and in…
Kepler Reveals a New Neptune-Size Exoplanet
Data from Kepler has revealed a new Neptune-size exoplanet that is located in orbit around a star in a double-star system 425 light years from…
Scientists Determine the Interior Rotation of a Sun-Like Star
Using asteroseismic data obtained by the CoRoT space telescope, a team of scientists was able to measure the internal rotation of a Sun-like star and…
Two Planets Separated by Less Than 5 Earth Moon Distances
By using data from NASA’s Kepler spacecraft and asteroseismology, the study of stars by observing their natural oscillations, scientists discovered two planets circling a sub-giant…
