{"id":5163,"date":"2020-05-15T14:09:01","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:09:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/?p=5163"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:09:01","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T13:09:01","slug":"astronomers-detect-a-pulsating-rhythm-among-distant-young-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.innovationnewsnetwork.com\/astronomers-detect-a-pulsating-rhythm-among-distant-young-stars\/5163\/","title":{"rendered":"Astronomers detect a pulsating rhythm among distant young stars"},"content":{"rendered":"
Data from NASA\u2019s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite<\/a> (TESS) has allowed an international team of astronomers to identify a rhythm of activity among a class of stellar objects.<\/p>\n The team of astronomers conducted their study on the delta Scuti stars. They are around 1.5 to 2.5 times larger than our Sun, and although scientists have previously identified many pulsations when studying this class of stellar objects, they have not been able to determine any specific patterns or rhythms.<\/p>\n Prior to this study astronomers have been able to detect the internal oscillations of stars<\/a> using a branch of science known as asteroseismology. This method reveals their structure, by studying stellar pulsations using careful and precise measurements of changes in light output.<\/p>\n Asteroseismology allows scientists to understand the workings of distant stellar objects, but can also help us understand how our own Sun produces sunspots, flares and deep structural movements, and using this approach the researchers found 60 delta Scuti stars whose pulsations had a rhythm that made sense.<\/p>\nSpace\u2019s rhythm section<\/h3>\n
Revealing the interior of stars<\/h3>\n