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NASA Concludes That Comets, Not Alien Megastructures Orbit KIC 8462852 (examiner.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the nothing-to-see-here-human dept.

MarkWhittington writes: Back in October, findings from the Kepler Space Telescope suggested that something strange was going on around a star called KIC 8462852. Kepler was built to detect exoplanets by measuring the cycles of dimming light from other stars, indicating that a large object was passing between them and Earth. But the dimming light cycle from KIC 8462852 seemed to suggest a lot of smaller objects swarming around it. Scientists narrowed down the explanations to either a swarm of comets or alien megastructures. NASA announced evidence garnered by two other telescopes that pointed to the comet explanation.

3 of 105 comments (clear)

  1. Boy are they wrong! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Clearly it's the alien Elon Musk privately mining their asteroid belt on 3D printed free electrically propulsed asteroid mining vessels. Their Solar System is swarming with private space ventures!

  2. Re:Maybe the comets are the alien megastructures? by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    No comet

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    Table-ized A.I.
  3. Re:Still no Fermi Paradox by roger10-4 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So, you're a "glass half-full" type of person then?