megastructures

The results are now in after a year-long, crowdfunded investigation into the star KIC 8462852, and to hardly…

Since their discovery ten years ago, fast radio bursts have confounded astronomers. These intergalactic pulses of…

New research suggests that Tabby’s star—the celestial object voted most likely to host an alien megastructure—is…

Jupiter is often referred to as a “failed star,” leading some futurists to wonder if our descendants might set it…

Last fall, a little-known star called KIC 8462852 became our planetary obsession when astronomers said that its…

Good news alien hunters! A Kickstarter to fund a year-long investigation into KIC 8462852—the star voted most likely…

For much of its modern history, science fiction has had a particular fascination with engineering, with authors and…

Remember all that fuss last year about the supposed discovery of an alien megastructure? A new study is taking issue…

An oddly dimming star located 1,500 light-years from Earth is causing all sorts of commotion in the scientific…

“This is big. I mean really big. A big egg.” This was my first thought when I saw the nose cone of HMS Anson, the…

The Kepler Space Telescope recently picked up unprecedented flickering behavior from a distant star, leading to…

A strange star located 1,500 light-years from Earth is exhibiting strange flickering behavior that’s leading some…

For the past 50 years, our efforts to detect extraterrestrial civilizations have largely focused on the search for…

"To paint the Forth bridge" is a modern-day phrase equivalent to a "Sisyphean task": an endless job that can never…