Newly analyzed observations by NASA's planet-hunting Kepler space telescope show that the star KIC 8462852 — whose occasional, dramatic dips in brightness still have astronomers scratching their heads ...

An artist's illustration depicting a hypothetical dust ring orbiting Tabby's star, more formally known as KIC 846. Well, we always knew the alien-megastructure idea was a long shot. E.T. has nothing ...

Speculation that a strangely pulsing star may have unnatural origins flared in 2015. A new survey has revealed it’s not alone. The star is designated KIC 8462852. It’s a yellow-white dwarf star ...

Last year, alien-hunters trained massive radio telescopes on a distant galaxy after planet-hunters spotted what might be an alien ‘megastructure’ orbiting a star. The star, KIC 8462852, dimmed by 22%, ...

ASTRONOMERS have crunched the numbers for an explanation of the weird flickering of a distant star. Instead of alien engineering, it’s probably indigestion. Speculation has swirled around KIC 8462852 ...

If intelligent aliens actually do live around Tabby's star, astronomers are determined to find them. The Breakthrough Listen initiative, which will spend $100 million over the next 10 years to hunt ...

Astronomers have their best solution yet to the mysterious alien megastructure star Scientists have a new explanation for Tabby’s Star’s mysterious dimming. Rather than an alien megastructure, a dying ...

THE world was electrified last year when it was suggested that scientists had spotted an "alien megastructure" orbiting a distant star. Now a space boffin has suggested huge extraterrestrial ...

There has to be recognizable life out there, somewhere close enough we can find it. That's the idea behind SETI, and also the huge new alien-hunting Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope ...