'Stellar rotation': Supercomputers expose the hidden mixing engine inside red giants

'Stellar rotation': Supercomputers expose the hidden mixing engine inside red giants

• ‘Stellar rotation’: Supercomputers expose the hidden mixing engine inside red giants New 3D simulations show rotation helps elements cross internal barriers in red giant stars. •

Supercomputer simulations reveal rotation drives chemical mixing in red giant stars

• Advances in supercomputing have made solving a long‐standing astronomical conundrum possible: How can we explain the changes in the chemical composition at the surface of red gia

Science · February 20, 2026 (updated February 24, 2026) · 1 min · 123 words