Smallest known starquakes are detected with a subtle shift of colour

Like us, stars live and breathe. The turbulent motions of matter inside a star generate waves that make its surface throb like a beating heart. Astronomers have now detected the smallest of such vibrations, known as starquakes, from a star called ε Indi situated 3.65 parsecs away¹.

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-00965-1

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• Astronomy and astrophysics