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Astronomers discover new tidal tilt pulsator

~3.5 day portion of the TESS light curve for TIC 435850195. Credit: Jayaraman et al., 2024. Astronomers have discovered a new tidal pulsator star (TTP) by analyzing data from NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS). The newly discovered pulsator star, named TIC 435850195, belongs to a rare class of pulsator stars known as triaxial TTPs. The discovery is detailed in…