Thursday, August 29, 2013

Planet-hunting Kepler reveals secret code hidden in starlight

Using data from the planet-hunting Kepler space telescope, astronomers have discovered a telltale "flicker" pattern in a distant star’s light -- an interstellar Morse code that reveals hidden but crucial information about its mass and volume.



via L.A. Times - Science http://feeds.latimes.com/~r/latimes/news/science/~3/WMCJa3v-j_M/la-sci-sn-kepler-star-flicker-light-size-exoplanet-tess-20130827,0,1097734.story

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