For The First Time, Astronomers Detect Regular Pulses Coming From Chaotic Stars

By Michelle Starr A class of stars that jangled out discordant frequencies across the galaxy have just been untangled. Using data collected by NASA’s TESS space telescope, astronomers have finally found a rhythm in the pulsations of strange, young stars. They’re called delta Scuti variable stars, and they rotate so rapidly that the stars flatten slightly, …