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Comets can’t explain weird ‘alien megastructure’ star after all
- throwaway_yy2Di 11y agoThere's no remaining explanation consistent with this new data, according to the author. “The comet-family idea was reasonably put forth as the best of the proposals, even while acknowledging that they all were a poor lot,” he says. “But now we have a refutation of the idea, and indeed, of all published ideas.”
- tbabb 11y agoAny astronomers care to comment on what rules out these explanations: 1) Planetary nebula, with patchy bits 2) Inherent star variability ?