Starquakes are happening all the time because it's a gas. And so you have motions, right? Up and down motions, but also more complex motions. If you press a gas and then release it, it creates sound waves. That's a bit like music in a theater hall. So, for me, stars are three-dimensional musical halls, concert halls.
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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