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This dimming has been going on for a long time now. If an object within our solar system were to occlude that star, that wiuld only last a few minutes max befor
by gmueckl 7y ago
This dimming has been going on for a long time now. If an object within our solar system were to occlude that star, that wiuld only last a few minutes max before it exits the narrow line of sight again. Keppler's law ensures that. I would also assume that a gas cloud in interstellar space would be too homogeneous to occlude one part of a star much more than the rest.
- shadowgovt 7y agoI agree on the gas cloud estimate, which leaves us with exotic large extrasolar bodies if the star isn't actually changing shape (which IIUC, it also shouldn't be doing...) Curiouser and curiouser.