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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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  1. Its Cows you idiots by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    Its all Cows. Just in space, nobody can hear you mooo. But on earth, it works well. MOOOO! MOOOO! Mooo cows Mooo! Moooo say the Cows. YOU MOOING ALIEN COWS!!!!