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The 'alien megastructure' star just set a new record by going really dark
- ExcelSaga 9y agoTo be clear, previously the star was apparently dimmed by 4%, and now “really dark” means 5%. It’s still not an alien megastructure, and an additional 1% is not “really dark” and this is clickbait.
- wmeredith 9y ago"Really Dark"? This writing is garbage.
- ModernMech 9y agoThe article also uses a unit ive never seen before, the "metric butt ton"
- gremlinsinc 9y agoPart of me, really wishes it were though. As long as they're benign, that is..
- neals 9y agoI think it's nice that a great method for trying to be noticed in the universe, is to actually dim a light, instead of starting one. Seems counter intuitive.
- mrfusion 9y agoThat’s a great point. I wonder if anyone has looked for a pattern in the dimmings? Fibonacci? Primes? Anyone have the data so we could check?
- liberte82 9y agoI wonder if countable numbers are something found across many alien species or if the concept is something more human than we realize.
- Raphmedia 9y agoBetter link: http://www.wherestheflux.com/single-post/2018/03/26/2018-March-dip-update-7n http://www.wherestheflux.com/single-post/2018/03/26/2018-Mar...