‘Asteroseismology: The Study of Starquakes and Its Impact on Astrophysics’

In this lecture, Professor Aerts explains that the basic principles of asteroseismology are very similar to those used by Earth seismologists, and illustrates how these principles allow to probe the interior physics of stars from their quakes. She also discusses the recent revolution in this research field thanks to the European and American space missions CoRoT and Kepler respectively, before ending with an illustration of how seismic studies of individual stars can help us to understand cosmological aging and to probe the structure of the Milky Way.