We don't have a seismograph that we can put there, literally, like for the Earth. But we sent instruments that measure these tiny variations in the gas. Some parts will be a little warmer or cooler than others on this surface. That'll give you seismic information about what's going on inside. And so the follow-up part from James, what's the largest recorded quake not found on Earth? Oh, well, we have the slowest quake in a star.
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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