Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Astronomers Directly Detect How Turbulence Between Stars Distorts Light
May 14, 2026
May 14, 2026
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, May 14 -- The Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics issued the following news release:
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Astronomers Directly Detect How Turbulence Between Stars Distorts Light
Using a distant quasar as a beacon, researchers identified the tiny, turbulence-driven ripples imprinted on the quasar's radio signal as it passed through a particularly chaotic region of the Milky Way.
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Astronomers led by the Cent . . .
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Astronomers Directly Detect How Turbulence Between Stars Distorts Light
Using a distant quasar as a beacon, researchers identified the tiny, turbulence-driven ripples imprinted on the quasar's radio signal as it passed through a particularly chaotic region of the Milky Way.
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Astronomers led by the Cent . . .