Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

New Simulation Reveals the Churning Interiors of Giant Stars


Stellar fusion happens at a star's core, where the enormous temperatures and pressures fuse hydrogen atoms into helium, releasing radiation. Waves of turbulent convection generated in the core can take hundreds of thousands of years to ripple outward through the stars' layers, finally reaching the surface. A new simulation shows waves generated deep inside stars, more massive than the Sun, make their way to the surface and affect the star's brightness.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on Universe Today

Read more on:

Photo of giant stars

giant stars

Photo of churning interiors

churning interiors

Photo of new simulation

new simulation

Related news:

News photo

A New Simulation Reveals One Entire Stage of a Star's Life

News photo

New Simulation Explains how Supermassive Black Holes Grew so Quickly

News photo

New Simulation Will Help Future Missions Collect Moon Dust