Today,
most astronomers probably refer to this star by its designation of «Gl 438» in the famous Gliese Catalogue of Nearby Stars (CNS, now ARICNS database) of Wilhelm Gliese (1915 - 93).
Not exact matches
From their observations, the
astronomers conclude that this extreme cluster
most probably contains no less than 100,000 times the mass of the Sun, and all of its stars are located within a region less than 6 light - years across.
A star like our sun will
probably experience such an extreme flare only once every 250 to 480 years —
astronomers say 350 years is the
most likely scenario.
Although it is close to the line of sight to the globular cluster M15,
most astronomers had thought that this source of bright radio waves was
probably a distant galaxy.
By now,
most of this raw material has
probably been gobbled up by the two galaxies, but
astronomers suspect that some primitive clouds are still floating free.
No one can say for sure, but
probably most astronomers have an opinion.
While the mystery of KIC 8462852's brightness variations is still far from settled, a new study by a team of
astronomers that has utilised NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope suggests that the culprit is
most probably a huge swarm of cometary fragments that revolve around the star on highly elongated eccentric orbits.
According to some
astronomers, worlds that are larger, warmer, and older than Earth, orbiting dwarf stars, are
probably the
most likely candidates for hosting complex life.