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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Genevieve Holl-Allen

New data reveals stars experience ‘quakes’ like on Earth

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Stars experience quakes like we have on Earth, scientists have discovered, after data revealed new information on nearly two billion stars in the Milky Way.

These “starquakes” – known as non-radial oscillations – are tsunami-like movements on stars’ crusts which cause the shape of the star to change with their force.

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