COROT directly sees ‘Sun-quakes’ in other stars for the first time
Thursday, October 23, 2008 - 13:21
in Astronomy & Space
Sounding the Sun through a technique similar to seismology has opened a new era for understanding the Sun’s interior. The CNES/ESA COROT satellite has now applied this technique to three stars, directly probing the interiors of stars beyond the Sun for the first time.