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    Tabby's Star, also known as KIC 8462852, is an unusual star that was discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope to exhibit unusual dimming that could not be explained by an orbiting planet. The dimming ranged from 15-20% over periods of days, which is unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Various natural and artificial explanations have been proposed, including a swarm of comet fragments or alien megastructures being built around the star. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence used the Green Bank Radio Telescope to observe Tabby's Star but found no signs of alien technology. The true cause of the dimming remains unknown but future more powerful telescopes may provide insights into this mysterious star.

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    Tabby's Star, also known as KIC 8462852, is an unusual star that was discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope to exhibit unusual dimming that could not be explained by an orbiting planet. The dimming ranged from 15-20% over periods of days, which is unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Various natural and artificial explanations have been proposed, including a swarm of comet fragments or alien megastructures being built around the star. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence used the Green Bank Radio Telescope to observe Tabby's Star but found no signs of alien technology. The true cause of the dimming remains unknown but future more powerful telescopes may provide insights into this mysterious star.

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    Tabby's Star, also known as KIC 8462852, is an unusual star that was discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope to exhibit unusual dimming that could not be explained by an orbiting planet. The dimming ranged from 15-20% over periods of days, which is unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Various natural and artificial explanations have been proposed, including a swarm of comet fragments or alien megastructures being built around the star. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence used the Green Bank Radio Telescope to observe Tabby's Star but found no signs of alien technology. The true cause of the dimming remains unknown but future more powerful telescopes may provide insights into this mysterious star.

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    Tabby'S Star

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    Tejash Bobby
    Tabby's Star, also known as KIC 8462852, is an unusual star that was discovered by the Kepler Space Telescope to exhibit unusual dimming that could not be explained by an orbiting planet. The dimming ranged from 15-20% over periods of days, which is unlike anything astronomers have seen before. Various natural and artificial explanations have been proposed, including a swarm of comet fragments or alien megastructures being built around the star. The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence used the Green Bank Radio Telescope to observe Tabby's Star but found no signs of alien technology. The true cause of the dimming remains unknown but future more powerful telescopes may provide insights into this mysterious star.

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    TABBY’s

    STAR
    TABBY’s
    KIC 8462852
    STAR
    SPACE MISSION
    KEPLER SPACE
    TELESCOPE

    ORDINARY PEOPLE
    • PRIMARY MISSION from Mar 2009 – May 2013
    • To find EXOPLANTES : 150,000 stars monitored
    TRANSIT
    WHAT IF THE COMPUTERS MISSED
    SOMETHING ???
    PLANET HUNTERS

    300,000 Science enthusiasts

    Dozens of exoplanets were


    discovered in 4 years

    Including one of the most


    mysterious star of the galaxy
    CAUSES

    KEPLER
    STAR / STAR SYSTEM

     Ran tests for months


    INTERSTELLAR
     Checked for errors
     Recalibrated MEDIUM
    HYPOTHESIS

    EXOMOON
    TABETHA SUZANNE BOYAJIAN

    First published paper about Tabby’s Star


    (2015)
    • Weak Natural explanation
    • “First, you rule out the impossible things. Whatever’s left, no matter how
    wildly improbable, has to be considered”
    • Artificial explanations ALIENS

    Advanced civilization
    They exhausted the resources on their
    planet
    Megastructures around their host
    star???!!!
    DYSON SPHERE

    • Megastructures built around a host


    star by a planets habitats
    • Unlimited power extraction
    • FREEMAN DYSON, 1960
    DYSON RING DYSON SWARM DYSON BUBBLE
    Simplest element is 38,440,000 km

     i.e., 100 times the earth moon


    distance
     They should produce heat
     Perhaps they’re redirecting it
    SETI
    (SEARCH FOR EXTRA
    TERRESTRIAL INTELLIGENCE)

    GREEN BANK
    OBSERVATORY
    (2015-16)

    The world’s largest RADIO TELESCOPE, West Virginia


     News of this proposal got leaked to the press, now there are innumerable
    articles on the internet about Tabby’s Star
     Inter galactic space battle
     In 2019, spoiler alert - “No aliens.…….just not yet”
     Future ultra sensitive telescopes might detect / we might even travel there
     With the technological advancement, we might actually get there
    CONCLUSION
     Tabby’s star is 1200 Light years away - is it still there?
     This could unfold to be a  Natural phenomenon we don’t understand (or)
     Alien technology we don’t understand
     Either way Tabby’s star is one among a billion stars
     Amateur astronomers with a backyard telescope could bring up the next
    breakthrough
     Astronomy is a field that undeniably fascinated humans, but has been
    ignored continuously
     This definitely is our last century on earth

    KEEP AN EYE ABOVE


    THE FUTURE IS NOT HERE

    “THE FUTURE IS UP THERE”


    THANK YOU

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