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Telescopes and space missions

Star’s flicker reveals its surface gravity

30 Aug 2013
An artist's impression of the Kepler spacecraft
Stellar result: Kepler measures the surface gravity of stars. (Courtesy: NASA)
Flicker, flicker little stars Now we know what your surface gravities are This update of a classic n

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