Earth is geologically active because of volcanoes and plate tectonics. Where else in the solar system might do that before we get back to the sun? Jupiter, Saturn, all the big gaseous planets in our solar system, they also have quakes. And what possible differences would there be between Earth, water, ice, frozen, methane and nitrogen quakes?
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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