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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.

2 of 105 comments (clear)

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

    No comet

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

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