STARMUS STARSOUNDS

Starsounds is kind of like the original nightcore remix.

This music made by stars is actually extremely beautiful

Original Nightcore

Composer Brian Eno took recordings of the acoustic waves given off by stars and sped them up into a haunting new arrangement.

This Music Made by Stars Is Actually Extremely Beautiful

Stars constantly give off infrasound waves. Now artists sped them up so we can listen.

"And it's difficult to detect because in the 13 billion years since that signal was emanated, our universe has become a very busy place."

Scientists are hunting signs of the "dark age" before stars formed

Cosmic History

Scientists are closing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal from the "dark age" of the universe, an ancient era from before stars had formed.

Scientists Hunting For Signs of the “Dark Age” Before Stars Formed

They're honing in on a 13-billion-year-old signal.

"But it's the combination of this less-than-double the size of the Earth planet and its solar type host star that make it so special and familiar."

Astronomers discover "mirror image" of our solar system

Planet B

Astronomers discovered an exoplanet orbiting a star so similar to the Sun that it's almost a mirror image of our solar system.

Astronomers Discover Mirror Image Of Our Solar System | Futurism

In distant space, astronomers found a star system strikingly similar to our own.

Astronomers Discover “Mirror Image” of Our Solar System

Delta Scuti Star Pulsations

Sonification of Delta Scuti Star HD 31901

"Previously we were finding too many jumbled up notes to understand these pulsating stars properly."

Astronomers: Some stars have something akin to a heartbeat

Lub Dub

New research reveals that a certain class of star gives off rhythmic pulsations that are similar to a person's heartbeat.

Astronomers: Some Stars Have Something Akin to a Heartbeat

"Now we can detect structure, more like listening to nice chords being played on the piano."

Black hole devours outside of star, leaves core behind

Saving It For Later

Astronomers found a rare, near-death experience play out in space where a black hole devoured the outer layers of a star but left the core intact.

Black Hole Devours Outside of Star, Leaves Core Behind

"It will try hard to get away, but there is no escape."

A little bit of neon can turn stars into giant thermonuclear bombs.

Poison in the heart of stars can make them explode

Star Killer

New research on a bizarre nuclear reaction could explain why some stars explode like gigantic stellar thermonuclear bombs.

Poison in the Hearts of Stars Can Make Them Explode

Neon in a star's core can act like a ticking time bomb.

The merger could explain some of Betelgeuse's strange traits.

Giant star Betelgeuse may have eaten a smaller companion

Star Snacks

Astronomers have built a new model that could answer lingering questions about Betelgeuse — by positing that it was once two stars.

Giant Star Betelgeuse May Have Eaten a Smaller Companion

The famous red giant may have once been two stars.

There may be "something big missing from our understanding of the dynamics of the cosmic expansion."

This star appears to be older than the universe

Old Space Road

A new All About Space story focuses on HD 140283, an ancient star that research indicates is older than the universe itself.

This Star Appears to Be Older Than the Universe

This ancient star has been annoying physicists for nearly two decades.

"That long-dead star exploded as a supernova — a fairly feeble one at that, too."

Scientists just found a dead star lodged inside another star

Cosmic Burial

Astronomers just found the remains of a dead star, one of the oldest in the universe, buried inside of another still-living red giant.

Scientists Just Found a Dead Star Lodged Inside Another Star

Yo dawg, I heard you like stars.

A star just spat 2 quintillion pounds of plasma into space, and now astronomers are making sense of what that means.

A star just coughed something up and scientists want to know why

Star Vomit

Astronomers just got their first complete observation of a star outside of our solar system erupting plasma out into the cosmos.

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