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Scientists are using stellar 'quakes' to peer inside stars

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Scientists have found a new way to probe tremors in stars' convective envelopes, the turbulent outer layers of a stellar body where hot gas rises, cools and sinks in a churning cycle of energy transfer.

By analyzing this feature, scientists can estimate how much hydrogen fuel a less evolved star, like the sun, possesses.

The study focuses on using this frequency signature to learn about giant stars, [those further along in their life cycle] than the sun.

Victoria Corless completed her Ph.D. in organic synthesis at the University of Toronto .

After dabbling in science writing, she joined Wiley ’s Advanced Science News where she works as an editor and writer.

On the side, she freelances for various outlets, including Research2Reality and Chemistry World.