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Kepler’s surprise: The sounds of the stars

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Data from NASA's Kepler space telescope have revolutionized the search for planets outside the Solar System — and are now doing the same for asteroseismology.

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Cowen, R. Kepler’s surprise: The sounds of the stars. Nature 481, 18–19 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/481018a

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