THE world was electrified last year when it was suggested that scientists had spotted an "alien megastructure" orbiting a distant star. Now a space boffin has suggested huge extraterrestrial ...

In the constellation Cygnus, roughly 1,470 light-years from Earth, sits an otherwise unremarkable star that briefly became ...

Newly analyzed observations by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope show that the star KIC 8462852 — whose occasional, dramatic dips in brightness still have astronomers scratching their heads ...

The award for strangest star in the universe just went to KIC 8462852. And while some are saying that this star could be harboring a giant structure built by an advanced alien civilization, the ...

Astronomers may have to think a little harder to solve the mystery of Boyajian's star. NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope spotted these dimming events. Researchers have come up with many ...

There are three ways to look for evidence of alien technological civilizations. One is to look out for deliberate attempts by them to communicate their existence, for example, through radio broadcasts ...

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Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Astronomers have had a hard time figuring out what, exactly, is happening to KIC 8462852. You may know it as Tabby's Star, or the "Alien Megastructure Star." It's entered another record-setting ...

MIAMI - It's been called the "most mysterious star in the universe", bigger than the sun and yet brightening and dimming in an odd way that suggested to some an alien megastructure might be circling ...