Science 101 tells us that the twinkling appearance of stars from our vantage point on Earth is due to atmospheric effects: winds and varying temperatures and densities in the air bend and distort the ...

Stars have an innate twinkle that comes from gas rippling from the core to the surface. Researchers have now converted these oscillations into sound to help figure out how it happens. From here on ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Stars twinkle because we’re looking at them through Earth’s turbulent atmosphere. Quasars are not stars, but the massive disks around supermassive black holes sitting at the centers of faraway ...