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Alien Megastructures? Cosmic Thumbprint? What’s Behind a James Webb Telescope Photo That Stumped Astronomers
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of WR140, a distant extreme star system back in July, but the picture has stumped astronomers. WR140 is what’s called a Wolf-Rayet star. These are among the most extreme stars known. In a rare but beautiful display, they can sometimes emit a plume of dust into space stretching hundreds of times ...
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Cosmic Dust, Not 'Alien Megastructure,' Veils Mysterious Star
It's been called the "most mysterious star in the universe," bigger than the sun and yet brightening and dimming in an odd way that suggested to some an alien mega-structure might be circling it.
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Scientists Aim Largest Telescope Possible at 'Alien Megastructure' Star
Tabby's Star is also known as the WTF Star - for Where's the Flux. Though, we suspect the abbreviation could stand for something else too.
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Scientists Aim Largest Telescope Possible At 'Alien Megastructure' Star
Early Thursday morning, a new and powerful effort was underway to explore a mystery 1,500 light-years away. West Virginia's Green Bank Telescope was hard at work, sucking up information about a strange winking star.
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That 'Alien Megastructure' Orbiting a Distant Star is Probably Just a Bunch of Comets
If you were still holding out hope for aliens hanging out around KIC 8462852, I've got some bad news for you. Researchers at Iowa State University think they've found an explanation for the star's weird behavior. Spoiler alert: It's not aliens.
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No Radio Signals From That 'Alien Megastructure' Yet - But Scientists are Listening
SETI institute scientists have turned their radio telescopes to listen to a star that many hope might hold signs of intelligent alien life -- but so far, no one is sending any signals our way.
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No, We Haven't Discovered Alien Megastructures Around a Distant Star
Years ago, in the Pleistocene, I spoke with the great physicist Freeman Dyson about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe. He posited that we'd find the aliens with our telescopes - that we'd see something that was not natural.
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Strange Star Has Serious Scientists Talking About an Alien Megastructure
"It was kind of unbelievable that it was real data," said Yale University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian. "We were scratching our heads. For any idea that came up there was always something that would argue against it."
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Alien Megastructures? Cosmic Thumbprint? What’s Behind a James Webb Telescope Photo That Stumped Astronomers
NASA's James Webb Space Telescope captured an image of WR140, a distant extreme star system back in July, but the picture has stumped astronomers. WR140 is what’s called a Wolf-Rayet star. These are among the most extreme stars known. In a rare but beautiful display, they can sometimes emit a plume of dust into space stretching hundreds of times ...
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Cosmic Dust, Not 'Alien Megastructure,' Veils Mysterious Star
It's been called the "most mysterious star in the universe," bigger than the sun and yet brightening and dimming in an odd way that suggested to some an alien mega-structure might be circling it.
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Scientists Aim Largest Telescope Possible at 'Alien Megastructure' Star
Tabby's Star is also known as the WTF Star - for Where's the Flux. Though, we suspect the abbreviation could stand for something else too.
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Scientists Aim Largest Telescope Possible At 'Alien Megastructure' Star
Early Thursday morning, a new and powerful effort was underway to explore a mystery 1,500 light-years away. West Virginia's Green Bank Telescope was hard at work, sucking up information about a strange winking star.
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That 'Alien Megastructure' Orbiting a Distant Star is Probably Just a Bunch of Comets
If you were still holding out hope for aliens hanging out around KIC 8462852, I've got some bad news for you. Researchers at Iowa State University think they've found an explanation for the star's weird behavior. Spoiler alert: It's not aliens.
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No Radio Signals From That 'Alien Megastructure' Yet - But Scientists are Listening
SETI institute scientists have turned their radio telescopes to listen to a star that many hope might hold signs of intelligent alien life -- but so far, no one is sending any signals our way.
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No, We Haven't Discovered Alien Megastructures Around a Distant Star
Years ago, in the Pleistocene, I spoke with the great physicist Freeman Dyson about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence in the universe. He posited that we'd find the aliens with our telescopes - that we'd see something that was not natural.
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Strange Star Has Serious Scientists Talking About an Alien Megastructure
"It was kind of unbelievable that it was real data," said Yale University astronomer Tabetha Boyajian. "We were scratching our heads. For any idea that came up there was always something that would argue against it."
