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  • 'Alien Megastructure' Star Keeps Getting Stranger

    10/05/2016 5:46:51 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 40 replies
    space.com ^ | 10/05/2016 | Mike Wall
    The more scientists learn about "Tabby's Star," the more mysterious the bizarre object gets. Newly analyzed observations by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope show that the star KIC 8462852 — whose occasional, dramatic dips in brightness still have astronomers scratching their heads — has also dimmed overall during the last few years. ... KIC 8462852 hit the headlines last September, when a team of astronomers led by Tabetha Boyajian of Yale University announced that the star had dimmed dramatically several times over the past few years — in one case, by a whopping 22 percent. These brightness dips are too...