Is there an alien-built megastructure around this faraway star?

Something massive, with roughly one thousand times the area of Earth, is blocking the light coming from a star about 1,400 light years away, and nobody is quite sure what it is. // Subscribe to ABC Science YouTube 👉 https://ab.co/2YFO4Go

Without a natural explanation, even the world’s most reputable astrophysicists have been forced to consider the possibility of an alien-built megastructure around star KIC 8462852, also known as ‘Tabby’s Star’ or the WTF star. Such an extraordinary idea would, of course, require extraordinary evidence, which is exactly what we’re in search of as we turn our eyes and telescopes towards this perplexing celestial object.

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