KIC 8462852 Alien Megasctructure Causing Dimming Light
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> 1,480 light years away
> light dip by as much as 20 percent
> the light from Tabby's Star dropped by about 16 percent over a century, whereas other stars' light curves stayed flat
> Montet has combed through the Kepler data, and his preliminary conclusion is that the star is indeed fading.
Do you think it's just an artifact from the plates on the telescope, or some natural phenomenon that causes a huge dimming over a certain period, or is it an alien megastructure that causes the dimming ?
http://www.strawpoll.me/10376303
Why you think its natural phenomenon ?
>yfw it's probably just a huge ring system like http://earthsky.org/space/huge-distant-planet-has-rings-200-times-bigger-than-saturns
>>8117201
>artifact from the plates on the telescope
probably not
>or some natural phenomenon that causes a huge dimming over a certain period
its probably a planet during orbital decay shedding its atmosphere or some weird formation of comets
>>8117256
This. It's just comets.
But it's too irregular to be comets scientifics said
its obviously *boring thing that makes me look sensible when i say it*
It's been months how come it's not btfo already? Nobody bothers with it?
>>8117580
its irregular because its an orbiting megastructure under construction
>>8117245
You mean the star has some kind of belt of asteroids?
>>8117594
>>8117724
>construction
I mean, if we're going there, it's probably decaying, not being built.
>>8117783
On the contrary, if the star is dimming over time it means the construction is progressing, as it cover more and more of the star.
>>8117594
it has dropped 16% over a century, so another 3 or 4 centuries. Those guy are lucky to be living in such a wide time window
>>8117730
Am I fucking typing Chine你就是那厚臉皮昆特
ayyliens
>>8117201
Its pandora's star without the forcefields