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title: Scientists just figured out why the sun’s been “glitching”
url: https://www.404media.co/the-sun-is-glitching-scientists-investigated-and-solved-a-cosmic-mystery/
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date: 2026-03-24
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🌞 **[Scientists just figured out why the sun’s been “glitching”.](https://www.404media.co/the-sun-is-glitching-scientists-investigated-and-solved-a-cosmic-mystery/)** “The entire Sun oscillates in a globally coherent way, and the oscillations are formed by sound waves trapped inside the Sun that make it resonate just like a musical instrument.” Okay whoa.

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