Dyson sphere stability — once considered an impossible physics problem — may be within reach. A peer-reviewed paper in ...

Newly analyzed observations by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope show that the star KIC 8462852 — whose occasional, dramatic dips in brightness still have astronomers scratching their heads ...

THE world was electrified last year when it was suggested that scientists had spotted an "alien megastructure" orbiting a distant star. Now a space boffin has suggested huge extraterrestrial ...

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In 2015, a star named KIC 8462852 made news when researchers noticed unusual fluctuations in the object's light. However, when they analyzed data from NASA's Kepler space telescope, astronomer Tabetha ...

Alien-hunters trained massive telescopes on a mysterious star last year after it started ‘dimming’ – hinting that something was passing in front of it. Some people were sure it was the sign of an ...

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KIC 8462852 (aka. Tabby's Star) continues to be a source of both fascination and controversy. Ever since it was first seen to be undergoing strange and sudden dips in brightness (in October of 2015) ...

The scientific world lit up last week after stargazers spotted a mysterious object way out in deep space and claimed it was an "alien megastructure". Astronomer Jason Wright from Penn State University ...