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 ...

Alien-hunting telescopes have peered at the mysterious star KIC8462852 and are quickly unraveling the theory that this star could harbor an alien megastructure. The search is just the beginning of a ...

THE world was electrified last year when it was suggested that scientists had spotted an "alien megastructure" orbiting a distant star. Now a space boffin has suggested huge extraterrestrial ...

15:31, Mon, May 9, 2016 Updated: 16:10, Mon, May 9, 2016 The KIC 8462852 was spotted in 2015 by an online astronomy crowdsourcing group Planet Hunters. The mysterious star was theorised to have an ...

Speculation that a strangely pulsing star may have unnatural origins flared in 2015. A new survey has revealed it’s not alone. The star is designated KIC 8462852. It’s a yellow-white dwarf star ...

There's a prosaic explanation for at least some of the weirdness of "Tabby's star," it would appear. The bizarre long-term dimming of Tabby's star — also known as Boyajian's star, or, more formally, ...

The scientific world lit up last week after stargazers spotted a mysterious object way out in deep space and claimed it was an "alien megastructure". Astronomer Jason Wright from Penn State University ...

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