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'Alien Megastructure' Star Keeps Getting Stranger
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. "The steady brightness change in KIC 8462852 is pretty astounding," study lead authorBen Montet, of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, said in a statement.
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Thanks for the update on this. Quite the read!
I am far from being a scientist, but I have an idea what it can be. Just think about a regular camera. When you focus or zoom in on an object further away, everything closer becomes blurred, right? Well, let's say that the telescope has that same effect and the disturbances are something like a spec of dust a few meters away from the lens?
That must be it
It's aliens using a star as a cosmic signal light thingy.
Edit- I suppose from their perspective we are the aliens.