Or was
it alien megastructures built to harvest the star's energy?
In a subsequent paper submitted to The Astrophysical Journal, Jason Wright and colleagues at Penn State University speculated about other causes, including
alien megastructures built to harvest energy while orbiting the star.
Not exact matches
The reason the WTF star is famous is the hypothesis put forward to explain the dimming by Penn State astronomer Jason Wright: That what's orbiting the star could be a «swarm of
megastructures,»
alien -
built energy collectors, much like terrestrial solar panels.
While the research has not yet been reviewed for publication, it is already stirring up excitement in the scientific community and beyond; after eliminating other theories, some suggest that the only explanation for the flicker is the presence of light - blocking
megastructures,
built by
aliens.