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Emily at the University of York: www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/

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Some of the things we talk about in this episode:

TESS launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3niFzo5VLI

TESS’s crazy orbit: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/operations.html

TESS’s telescopes: https://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/tess/the-tess-space-telescope.html

Emily’s research: https://www.york.ac.uk/physics/people/brunsden/#research

Types of  variable stars: https://www.space.com/15396-variable-stars.html

Modes of vibration on a string: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSIw5SgUirg

Red Giant stars: https://www.universetoday.com/24720/red-giant-star/

Animation of a stellar pulsation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IVm_aE3k98

The Sun’s core is rotating faster than its surface: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/esa-nasa-s-soho-reveals-rapidly-rotating-solar-core

The Song of the Sun: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2eQPOo95l0&feature=youtu.be

Singing Stars: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzeJq3CbiZM