NASA is going to plan a mission to send astronauts to the sun to listen to these sounds. The frequency of these sound waves created by these up and down motions is connected to the physics and also the chemical composition of the star in its interior. We can't literally dive into the stellar concert hall, but we can measure the frequencies from a distance,. But if you could, you would hear all of these.
What is a starquake? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Matt Kirshen explore asteroseismology, the sun, and what’s happening on the insides of stars with astrophysicist Conny Aerts.
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