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RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - Alphadon - 06-06-2017
Still, given that, frankly, the possibility of it being artificial is staggeringly small, perhaps we should write it into the EG as an example of early failures in the search for xenosophonts.
RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - Alphadon - 06-06-2017
(accidental double post, please remove)
RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - radtech497 - 06-06-2017
Although the greatest likelihood is that natural causes will be found to be the explanation for the peculiarities of KIC 8462852, an EG entry published before a definitive answer is officially announced would be unwise, IMO. Just in case.
Radtech497
RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - selden - 06-06-2017
It could be included right now if it's described as a zeno mega-engineering joke intentionally designed to confuse observers. The details would have be be vague enough so as to avoid contradicting future discoveries, of course.
RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - tmazanec1 - 06-15-2017
There seems to be a new dip going on. If so, it would rule out the Super-Saturn-plus-Trojans model
See https://www.reddit.com/r/KIC8462852/
RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - stevebowers - 06-15-2017
My first thought was 'super-Saturn', when I first heard about the lightcurve
(the quick advent and slow fade suggests a large ring system seen at one end only).
But there seems to be far too many dips for a simple model like that. How dense could a cloud of Trojan asteroids be, anyway?
RE: Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky - tmazanec1 - 09-11-2017
It ain't aliens:
https://www.inverse.com/article/36239-tabby-s-star-not-alien-megastructures-new-study-kic-8462852-nasa