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

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.

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Re:Hey Slashdot: you're not helping

[cfalcon]

> I am a registered Planethunter

I know what a "Plane" is, but how do you Thunt?

Seriously though, your post has good info.