Astronomy / Space TESS enables breakthrough study of perplexing stellar pulsations

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Astronomers have detected elusive pulsation patterns in dozens of young, rapidly rotating stars thanks to data from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The discovery will revolutionize scientists' ability to study details like the ages, sizes and compositions of these stars -- all members of a class named for the prototype, the bright star Delta Scuti.

TESS enables breakthrough study of perplexing stellar pulsations

Astronomers have detected elusive pulsation patterns in dozens of young, rapidly rotating stars. The discovery will revolutionize scientists' ability to study details like the ages, sizes and compositions of these stars -- all members of a class named for the prototype, the bright star Delta Scuti.

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