Something Found Orbiting Tabbys Star and Its in the Habitability Zone

Ithaca, NY, October 19, 2017 --(PR.com)-- A new science paper published at Cornell University
suggests that there is something mysterious orbiting what is known as Tabby's Star. To add intrigue, the
authors have calculated the objects are orbiting within the "habitability zone," a place that is just the right
distance for life - not too close and not too far away from the stars' heat.

This all started after NASA's Kepler Space Telescope, which is on a mission to find planets, documented
Tabby's Star's unusual fluctuations in brightness after monitoring the star system from 2009 to 2013.
Ordinarily, a star will dip in brightness as planets cross in front of them, but Tabby's Star has displayed
irregular sudden dips of light that decreased its brightness by as much as 22%. Nothing like this has been
recorded from a star like this, and as a result, it quickly got the professional astronomy communities
attention.

One idea that some astronomers have suggested that what might be behind this mystery is that an
extraterrestrial civilization has built massive structures that surround the star. As these structures pass
between the star and our view point on Earth, the light dims. Others in the professional community, while
admittedly perplexed, believe Tabby's dimming's are due to the star itself or perhaps even dust in deep
space.

What makes this new paper particularly interesting is, it's the first evidence that whatever is causing the
dips, is actually in orbit around the star - not dust in deep space nor abnormal activity within the star
itself, said one of the paper's authors Gary Sacco. You could argue that this paper substantially helps
the alien megastructure hypothesis.

But how or when will we know? Well, the paper makes a prediction that we may see the next mega-dip of
brightness on October 17, 2019. According to the authors, such a dip on that specific date could suggest
an artificial megastructure exists.

Stay tuned!

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