![One method for detecting extrasolar planets, used on the CoRoT and Kepler missions, both dedicated also to the Asteroseismology observations, is calculating the extent to which a star's light dims when a planet transits in front of it.Photograph courtesy One method for detecting extrasolar planets, used on the CoRoT and Kepler missions, both dedicated also to the Asteroseismology observations, is calculating the extent to which a star's light dims when a planet transits in front of it.Photograph courtesy](/sites/default/files/styles/crop_square_2_2_to_320px/public/images/news/reportajes30_64_hi.jpg?itok=kdhqAxwo)
When scientists realised that observing and analysing oscillations in the Sun could provide information about its interior, it was only a matter of time before Helioseismology was put to work on other stars
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