A new color and aging stars

May 19, 2025 00:28:31
A new color and aging stars
The Best Of Our Knowledge
A new color and aging stars

May 19 2025 | 00:28:31

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Show Notes

The Best of Our Knowledge explores topics on learning, education and research.

Scientists have discovered a new color. Only a handful of people on Earth have seen “olo” – a greenish-blue hue that can only be seen by using special equipment.

And we’ll learn how scientists are aging stars – not by the light they emit, but by their “sound.”

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