[Gusto Brunt]

Since its discovery two years ago, a star that resides around 1,300 light years from Earth has gained a reputation as the most bizarre in the galaxy. Named KIC 8462852, the star gained worldwide attention when scientists suggested its weird behaviour could be explained by the presence of a huge shield built by an advanced alien civilization.

Back then Tabetha Boyajian, from Louisiana State University, and her colleagues discovered that KIC 8462852 exhibited huge dips in its brightness at regular intervals using data from the Kepler Space Telescope—sometimes by as much as 20 percent.

The brightness of a star normally dips when an object, such as a planet, passes in front of it. But even a gas giant like Jupiter—the biggest planet in our solar system—would only block around two percent of the light from our sun. A planet would also only cause light at certain times because of its orbit, which means whatever is causing the dimming at KIC 8462852 must be absolutely massive—and cannot be travelling along a normal orbit.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/solving-m...160134422.html

[Niamh.]

wow that's pretty cool, although I'm not at all surprised by the thought that there may be other life forms out there, if we're here it's pretty likely there's more than us elsewhere too

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

wow that's pretty cool, although I'm not at all surprised by the thought that there may be other life forms out there, if we're here it's pretty likely there's more than us elsewhere too

Wouldn't it be amazing if what was out there were billions of times bigger than what we see.

Our planets and stars are specks in comparison to their worlds...

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Wouldn't it be amazing if what was out there were billions of times bigger than what we see.

Our planets and stars are specks in comparison to their worlds...

Yeah i think of things like that alot actually, like earth could be a stuck to a giants toilet bowl or something Did you ever watch Horton hears a Who?

[Gusto Brunt]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Yeah i think of things like that alot actually, like earth could be a stuck to a giants toilet bowl or something Did you ever watch Horton hears a Who?

Haha, we think alike. I used to think our universe was just a 'speck of dust' on an alien's carpet.

And he's taking a long time to hoover us up.

[Gusto Brunt]

Nope, never heard of Horton Hears A Who - but is this is??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDlnRtmXRSo

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Haha, we think alike. I used to think our universe was just a 'speck of dust' on an alien's carpet.

And he's taking a long time to hoover us up.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Nope, never heard of Horton Hears A Who - but is this is??????

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDlnRtmXRSo

It's that story yeah but they made a feature length animated film of it a few years back, basically there was a whole world on a tiny speck on a flower that elephant was trying to save

[Gusto Brunt]

I like Dr Seuss and Green Eggs and Ham.

Sam I am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KRkR8HaR9c

[Niamh.]

Genius

[Gusto Brunt]

i wood agree.

[Brillopad]

Originally Posted by Gusto Brunt

Since its discovery two years ago, a star that resides around 1,300 light years from Earth has gained a reputation as the most bizarre in the galaxy. Named KIC 8462852, the star gained worldwide attention when scientists suggested its weird behaviour could be explained by the presence of a huge shield built by an advanced alien civilization.

Back then Tabetha Boyajian, from Louisiana State University, and her colleagues discovered that KIC 8462852 exhibited huge dips in its brightness at regular intervals using data from the Kepler Space Telescope—sometimes by as much as 20 percent.

The brightness of a star normally dips when an object, such as a planet, passes in front of it. But even a gas giant like Jupiter—the biggest planet in our solar system—would only block around two percent of the light from our sun. A planet would also only cause light at certain times because of its orbit, which means whatever is causing the dimming at KIC 8462852 must be absolutely massive—and cannot be travelling along a normal orbit.



https://www.yahoo.com/news/solving-m...160134422.html

All fascinating stuff. I find anything to do with the planets and the galaxy fixating. So much out there that we know little to nothing about. Unfortunately we are not likely to be around if and when further information is discovered. Forever a mystery for us.

[waterhog]

I got only one star - its the brunt - always shinning on me