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- A star, named KIC 8462852, has been found with a highly curious transit signal. In a paper submitted to the journal Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, astronomers, including citizen scientists from the Planet Hunters crowdsourcing program, report: "Over the duration of the Kepler mission, KIC 8462852 was observed to undergo irregularly shaped, aperiodic dips in flux down to below the 20 percent level."
noeatnosleep · 3424 days ago · link ·
That's some pretty inflammatory writing and a super clickbaity title. Haha.
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someguyfromcanada · 3424 days ago · link ·
Also known as the WTF Star. Perhaps this article would be more to your liking. This fascinates me even though it is not likely an alien megastructure. It is amazing that the concept of a Dyson sphere/swarm was first described in 1937.
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randomuser · 3423 days ago · link ·
I like the idea of it being aliens I guess, but your article is a probably more realistic.
noeatnosleep · 3424 days ago · link ·
That second article is a lot better. Haha. I get really tired of the MAYBE IT IS A DYSON THING OR SOMETHING articles with zero actual information, fact, or substance. =P