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That 'alien megastructure' star might actually be a planet-eater
Starving stars are more common than intelligent life T.Pyle/JPL-Caltech/NASA Artist's concept of dust orbiting a ravenous star Tabby’s Star probably isn’t surrounded by an energy-sucking alien super-structure. But it may have eaten a nearby planet. The star, known more formally as KIC 8462852, has baffled scientists by quickly and erratically losing brightness. In observations made over…
