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 […]

Live look at the ‘alien megastructure’ star may solve mysteries

Astronomers may have ruled out an alien megastructure as the likely cause behind KIC 8462852’s strange dimming, but it’s still mysterious — and that’s partly due to the lack of live data (as live as you can get for a star 1,277 light years away, at least). How do you understand what’s going on when […]