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The strange star that has serious scientists talking about an alien megastructure
Washington Post ^ | October 15, 2015 | Sarah Kaplan

Posted on 10/15/2015 12:04:31 PM PDT by grundle

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1 posted on 10/15/2015 12:04:31 PM PDT by grundle
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Why would aliens need solar panels?


2 posted on 10/15/2015 12:06:24 PM PDT by dljordan (WhoVoltaire: "To find out who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.")
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Quick, contact Richard C. Hoagland!


3 posted on 10/15/2015 12:06:55 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: grundle

Paging Larry Niven.


4 posted on 10/15/2015 12:07:16 PM PDT by GodBlessRonaldReagan (Pull the string! Pull the string! A story must be told.)
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5 posted on 10/15/2015 12:07:23 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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Why would aliens need solar panels?

Same reason every other alien civilization in the galaxy does - tax breaks and graft.

6 posted on 10/15/2015 12:07:40 PM PDT by dirtboy
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Fully operational Death Star


7 posted on 10/15/2015 12:07:42 PM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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8 posted on 10/15/2015 12:08:41 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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9 posted on 10/15/2015 12:08:51 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: dljordan

To kick back Alien taxpayers’ money to Alien Democrats. Duh!


10 posted on 10/15/2015 12:08:53 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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LOL. When astronomers first discovered quasars they seriously speculated that it may be aliens signaling us.


11 posted on 10/15/2015 12:09:46 PM PDT by circlecity
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“likely outfitted with solar panels to collect energy from the star.”

Damn I thought it would be a Dyson Sphere.


12 posted on 10/15/2015 12:10:48 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: dljordan

Well, little green men like “green” energy, perhaps?


13 posted on 10/15/2015 12:11:32 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: driftdiver

Ringworld?


14 posted on 10/15/2015 12:11:39 PM PDT by glasseye
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To: grundle

It’s a cube, 1400 miles on a side.


15 posted on 10/15/2015 12:12:48 PM PDT by tbpiper
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There are no aliens.


16 posted on 10/15/2015 12:13:12 PM PDT by DungeonMaster (God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son...)
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To: grundle

A Dyson Sphere??


17 posted on 10/15/2015 12:13:44 PM PDT by xkaydet65
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To: Army Air Corps

Or have some remote viewers take a peek at the star!


18 posted on 10/15/2015 12:14:16 PM PDT by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: dljordan

Dyson Sphere work in progress

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dyson_Sphere


19 posted on 10/15/2015 12:14:23 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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If none of the ordinary reasons for the star’s flux quite seemed to fit, perhaps an extraordinary one was in order.
Aliens.

When humans run across something they can't explain, they attribute it to ghosts, gods - or aliens.

On a much lesser scale, when archaeologists run across an oopart, they peg it as "religious" and bury it in a museum basement.

20 posted on 10/15/2015 12:14:39 PM PDT by Oatka (This is America. Assimilate or evaporate. [URL=http://media.photobucket.com/user/currencyjunkie/me)
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