A Distant star has begun exhibiting the same strange behavior which led astronomers to suggest an “alien megastructure” is orbiting it.  Tabby’s Star first attracted the world’s attention last year when stargazers suggested the distinctive “blinking” of its light was caused by a gigantic spaceship passing in front of it.  Now the star is blinking again and

astronomers have trained their telescopes on it in the hope of finally cracking the mystery.  It’s also been suggested the behavior could be caused by comets passing in front of the star, which has the scientific name KIC 8462852 and is about 1,300 light years from Earth.  Jason Wright, the man who first suggested Tabby’s Star was home to an alien megastructure, sent out a tweet calling on fellow astronomers to point their telescopes at the star. READ MORE


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