“Music” Of Starquakes Reveals New Way To Understand History Of Galaxy

Canberra: The “music” of starquakes – enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars – can reveal far more information about the stars’ histories and inner workings than scientists thought. In new research published in Nature, we analysed the frequency signatures of starquakes across a broad range … Read more

Space Telescope Gaia Sent Into ‘Retirement’ But Legacy Endures

Paris: Europe’s Gaia space telescope was powered down and sent into “retirement” on Thursday after a decade revealing the secrets of the Milky Way, but its observations will fuel discoveries for decades to come. Since launching in 2013, the telescope has been charting the positions, motion and properties of nearly two billion stars to create … Read more