There isn’t a star like KIC 8462852. For the past 18 months, ever since a group of astronomers introduced the world to its strange, seemingly unnatural fluctuations in brightness, scientists have been ...

Artist's illustration showing a star behind a shattered comet. A faraway star's mysterous dimming was most likely caused by comets, a new study suggests — though it doesn't rule out the ...

Nearly a year after first making headlines around the world, "Tabby's star" is still guarding its secrets. In September 2015, a team led by Yale University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian announced that a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A star is dimming for reasons that astronomers can't explain. Observations by NASA's Kepler space ...

Everyone’s favorite alien-megastructure-that-never-was got another affirmation that it’s just a goddamn star today. According to SETI, there are NO EXTRATERRESTRIAL LASERS emanating from the baffling ...

A mysterious star whose repeated bouts of darkening might be due to "alien megastructures," according to some researchers' conjectures, may now have more than a dozen counterparts that display ...

A faraway star's mysterous dimming was most likely caused by comets, a new study suggests — though it doesn't rule out the much-ballyhooed possibility of an "alien megastructure" in the system.