Distant star's sound waves reveal cycle similar to the Sun's

In a bid to unlock longstanding mysteries of the Sun, including the impacts on Earth of its 11-year cycle, an international team of scientists has successfully probed a distant star. By monitoring the star?s sound waves, the team has observed a magnetic cycle analogous to the Sun?s solar cycle.



The study, conducted by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and colleagues in France and Spain, is being published this week as a ?Brevia? in Science.

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