Scientists have come up with a new and ingenious way of fighting global warming: use chemicals to blot out the sun. Whether we’ll then have to fight (and do everything else) in the shade, the research doesn’t quite spell out. Since the world can’t seen to agree on reducing CO2 emissions, why not tackle the […]
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What, no Death Star? ‘Alien megastructure’ unlikely as source of Tabby’s Star dimming, study finds
Published time: 5 Oct, 2017 09:12 Strange long-term light patterns around a puzzling stellar object 1,300 light years away may actually be caused by orbiting dust, and is unlikely to be the result of an ‘alien megastructure’, scientists believe. An unusual theory surrounding the fluctuating brightness of KIC 8462852, also known as Tabby’s Star, is […]