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 ...

Three months ago, news broke that a giant "alien megastructure" could exist around a bizarre-looking star 1,500 light-years away. While the prospect of aliens was first launched by Penn State ...

The Dyson sphere is a hypothetical artificial structure proposed by physicist Freeman Dyson in 1960, which would cover a star with a structure and directly harness its energy. However, no matter how ...

LAST year the world’s curiosity flared at the idea of an alien megastructure orbiting a mysterious distant star. But that theory has just been dealt an almighty blow. In October last year the world’s ...

Speculation that a strangely pulsing star may have unnatural origins flared in 2015. A new survey has revealed it’s not alone. The star is designated KIC 8462852. It’s a yellow-white dwarf star ...

Ever since it was first announced in 2015, there has been speculation as to what could account for the dimming of KIC 8462852. Credit: SentientDevelopments.com Ever since it was first announced in ...

Tabby's Star, scientifically known as KIC 8462852, has become a point of great intrigue in the ongoing search for extraterrestrial life following wild-sounding ideas that an "alien megastructure" ...

Astronomers have their best solution yet to the mysterious alien megastructure star Scientists have a new explanation for Tabby’s Star’s mysterious dimming. Rather than an alien megastructure, a dying ...