{"id":35478,"date":"2023-07-28T13:59:55","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=35478"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:59:55","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:59:55","slug":"why-do-stars-twinkle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/why-do-stars-twinkle\/35478\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do stars twinkle?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Astrophysicists at the Flatiron Institute have created the first-ever simulations to show how convection in the cores of massive stars generates waves that cause them to twinkle.<\/h2>\n
The question, \u2018why do stars twinkle?\u2019, has long been pondered.<\/p>\n
Now, first-of-their-kind computer simulations show why stars twinkle \u2013 due to the churning in a star\u2019s depth.<\/p>\n
By closely observing the innate twinkling of stars, the simulations could one day be used to discover what goes on inside stars larger than our Sun.<\/p>\n
At the moment, however, the effects are too small for current telescopes to pick up. But this could change with improved telescopes.<\/p>\n
Matteo Cantiello, a research scientist at the Flatiron Institute\u2019s Centre for Computational Astrophysics (CCA), said: \u201cWe\u2019ll be able to see the signature of the core which will be quite interesting because it will be a way to probe the very inner regions of stars.\u201d<\/p>\n