Sunday, 17 January 2016

Comets can’t explain weird ‘alien megastructure’ star after all

Comets can’t explain weird ‘alien megastructure’ star after all

The weirdest star in the cosmos just got a lot weirder. And yes, it might be aliens. Known as KIC 8462852, or Tabby’s star, it has been baffling astronomers for the past few months after a team of researchers noticed its light seemed to be dipping in brightness in bizarre ways. Proposed explanations ranged from a cloud of comets to orbiting “alien megastructures”. Now an analysis of historical observations reveals the star has been gradually...

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