Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Now I See You as You Are: How We See Inside a Star With Sound
We have sought to understand the internal workings of stars for as long as we have done astronomy, with the Sun as our first and best-studied star. Today, the technique of “asteroseismology” has revolutionized our view: just as seismology here on Earth reveals the interior of our own planet, asteroseismology of the stars allows us to view their central engines and structures.
Dr. Jennifer van Saders
Carnegie-Princeton Fellow,
Carnegie Institution for Science
Thank you to The Huntington Library and the Norris Foundation for making Carnegie’s Astronomy Lecture Series possible.
