Asteroseismology: The Real Music of the Spheres

In just the last few decades we have discovered that there is a real Music of the Spheres. Sounds and other vibrations within the stars allow us literally to see to their very cores using the new techniques of asteroseismology. We are in a time of unprecedented advances in our understanding of stellar astrophysics using data from space missions. These have improved our ability to see pulsations and variability in stars by 100 to 1,000 times compared with ground-based telescopes. Astrophysics that used to be purely theoretical is now also observational.

This talk will introduce the concepts of asteroseismology, show its relation to music, and present a selection of the latest exciting observational results.