KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission · HackerPapers discussions

KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission — mentioned by TheOtherHobbes

Sun, 28 Aug 2016 18:13:20 GMT

Quite a lot has happened since then. https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01316

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KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission — mentioned by stefap2

Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:34:26 GMT

Original article: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01316

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KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission — mentioned by sbierwagen

Sun, 07 Aug 2016 00:36:46 GMT

Link to paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01316v1.pdf

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KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission — mentioned by singularity2001

Sat, 06 Aug 2016 20:21:42 GMT

Sunspots, debris and/or a distant cloud are not completely ruled out: https://arxiv.org/abs/1608.01316 Wiki: The leading hypothesis, based on a lack of observed infrared light, is that of a swarm of cold, dusty comet fragments in a highly eccentric orbit.[12][13][14] Many small masses in "tight formation" orbiting the star have also been proposed.[9] The changes in brightness could be signs of activity associated with intelligent extraterrestrial life building a Dyson swarm.[9][15][16][17] The SETI Institute's initial radio reconnaissance of KIC 8462852, however, found no evidence of…

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KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission — HN submission

Fri, 05 Aug 2016 15:43:37 GMT

KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission

6 points; 1 discussion reply on HN. Paper and source history. A submission is not an endorsement.