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‘Alien Megastructure’ Star Update: Kepler Data Analysis Confirms Long-Term Dimming Of Tabby’s Star

KIC 8462852 is a star that has, over the past year, gripped the imagination of astronomers like no other. The source of this intrigue? A series of dramatic and erratic dimming events that can’t be explained by any phenomenon known to humans. A new study, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal, has only added to the enigma surrounding what has been called the “most mysterious star in our galaxy.” The study, co-authored by Caltech astronomer Ben Montet and Joshua Simon from the Carnegie Institute, provides a detailed analysis of photometric data of the star gathered by the Kepler space telescope between 2009 and 2013. In it, they reveal that the star was definitely dimming at a rate that defies explanation over the four years Kepler monitored it. For instance, in the first 1,000 days of Kepler’s observations, the star’s luminosity dipped by roughly 0.3 percent per year. Then, the star’s brightness dipped by a staggering 2 percent in a span of just six months.

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