The mystery of why a distant star keeps dimming continues to baffle scientists, after a new report ruled out several "natural" explanations. The astronomical world lit up last year, after planet ...

The astronomical world lit up last year after an expert suggested he had found evidence of an "alien megastructure" orbiting a distant star. Now a Nobel prize-winning stargazer has admitted that the ...

Scientists and sci-fi writers offer their thoughts on the massive and unexplained structure spotted orbiting a distant star Get daily headlines and breaking news alerts for FREE by signing up to our ...

Astronomers have issued an internet-wide ‘call to action’ after discovering this morning that ‘Tabby’s Star’ has once again begun to dim. The mysterious phenomenon was first detected in 2015, when a ...

An artist's illustration that shows a hypothetical uneven ring of dust orbiting KIC 8462852, also known as Boyajian’s Star or Tabby's Star NASA/JPL-Caltech The mystery shrouding the "alien ...

THE mystery over a distant star which is repeatedly dimming leading some researchers to claim it was surrounded by an ‘alien megastructure’ may have finally been solved. The KIC 8462852 star was first ...

Researchers are one step closer to solving the enigma of the 'most mysterious star in the universe', also known as 'Tabby's Star'. Its dramatic dips in brightness has sparked countless theories since ...

An illustration of what those comet swarms that some have said explain the strange behaviour might look like (JPL-Caltech/NASA) The star that some say has a huge alien megastructure built around it ...

Astronomers train their telescopes on a star which could solve the question of whether humanity is alone in the universe A DISTANT star has begun exhibiting the same strange behaviour which led ...

The KIC 8462852 star was first spotted by online astronomers Planet Hunters in 2015, which appeared to be dipping in brightness. Astronomers struggled to explain why the star’s brightness was ...