Boyajian’s Star

Tabby’s Star is Dipping Again!

According to updates by Tabetha Boyajian and her team, it appears that Tabby's Star recently experienced another major dip in…

7 years ago

You Knew This Day Was Coming. Alien Megastructures Ruled Out for Tabby’s Star. Dust is the Culprit

A new study from Tabetha Boyajian and a team of over 100 astronomers has ruled out the possibility of an…

7 years ago

Not an Alien Megastructure, a Cloud of Dust on a 700-Day Orbit

A new study by an international team of researchers has proposed a new theory about Tabby's Star, indicating that it…

7 years ago

New Ideas for the Mysterious Tabby’s Star: a Gigantic Planet or a Planet With Rings

Tabby's Star is dimming again, and two new studies have been released that offer new and interesting theories on what…

7 years ago

The Star That Probably Doesn’t Have an Alien Megastructure (But Maybe it Does) is Dimming Again

The mysterious star that was found to be dimming in 2015 (prompting speculation about an alien megastucture) has been spotted…

7 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – January 13, 2017: News Roundup Plus Update on Tabby’s Star!

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Guests: Carolyn Collins Petersen (thespacewriter.com / space.about.com / @spacewriter ) Paul M. Sutter (pmsutter.com / @PaulMattSutter)…

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – May 20, 2016: Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guests: Mike Brown is the Richard and Barbara Rosenberg Professor of Planetary Astronomy at CalTech.…

8 years ago

Weekly Space Hangout – May 13, 2016: Christer Fuglesang

Host: Fraser Cain (@fcain) Special Guest: Arne Christer Fuglesang is a Swedish physicist and an ESA astronaut. He was first…

8 years ago