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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-19-11 08:41 PM
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'Music of the stars' now louder
The Kepler space telescope measures the sizes and ages of stars five times better than any other means - when it "listens" to the sounds they make.

Bill Chaplin, speaking at the AAAS conference in Washington, said that Kepler was an exquisite tool for what is called "astroseismology".

The technique measures minuscule variations in a star's brightness that occur as soundwaves bounce within it.

The Kepler team has now measured some 500 far-flung stars using the method.

Bill Chaplin of the University of Birmingham told the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science that astroseismology was, in essence, listening to the "music of the stars".

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12507032
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AlecBGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-20-11 08:21 AM
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1. What a great time to be alive!
It seems every week brings new and unbelievable advances in astronomy. Very cool! :bounce:

BIG UP to you n2doc for your hard work in finding & sharing these articles!
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