A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars from the Earth. Their research examined thousands of stars and ...

A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars from the Earth. Their research examined thousands of stars and ...

By listening to the music played by shaking stars, astronomers could use asteroseismology as a new type of cosmic distance measurement, perfecting the 3D map of two billion stars being built by Gaia.

For decades, astronomers have wondered what the very first stars in the universe were like. These stars formed new chemical ...

They were coupled with data from the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Hipparcos and Gaia missions to more accurately calculate the stars’ distances and effective temperatures.

Six panels (clockwise) illustrating a black hole pulling in a star, stretching it into a disk, radiating light, and the light from the event from a distance, with a galaxy in background.

A team of astronomers has used asteroseismology, or the study of stellar oscillations, to accurately measure the distance of stars from the Earth. Their research examined thousands of stars and ...