We’re STILL Not Saying It’s Aliens, But Tabby’s Star Is Getting Weirder
The light from KIC 8462852 faded again, and scientists have some new theories about what's behind astronomy's most mysterious star. We're Not Saying The Kepler Discovery Is Aliens, But......
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KIC 8462852 probably sounds like a string of random letters and numbers to you but I’mwilling to bet if you’ve watched this channel long enough, you’ve heard it before.It’s the name of a star, also known as Tabby’s Star, and it set the internet ablaze a coupleyears back when it dimmed in ways nobody could really explain, unless you pinned it on aliensbuilding massive structures to power their civilization.Since then though we haven’t seen the star’s light fade, and so public interest in it did.But in April of 2017 light levels started dropping again, giving astronomers new cluesto come up with new ideas.Are any more compelling than a giant energy-harvesting megastructure built by aliens?I’ll let you be the judge of that.First, a refresher on why Tabby’s ...
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KIC 8462852 probably sounds like a string of random letters and numbers to you but I’mwilling to bet if you’ve watched this channel long enough, you’ve heard it before.It’s the name of a star, also known as Tabby’s Star, and it set the internet ablaze a coupleyears back when it dimmed in ways nobody could really explain, unless you pinned it on aliensbuilding massive structures to power their civilization.Since then though we haven’t seen the star’s light fade, and so public interest in it did.But in April of 2017 light levels started dropping again, giving astronomers new cluesto come up with new ideas.Are any more compelling than a giant energy-harvesting megastructure built by aliens?I’ll let you be the judge of that.First, a refresher on why Tabby’s ...
