tabby’s star

Of the nearly 1 million stars chronicled by the Kepler telescope, few have captured as much attention as KIC…

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

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

“Alien megastructure” is one of those cool-sounding phrases that inspires thoughts of far-off worlds populated with…

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…

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

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