Sarah Fecht
at 11:40 AM Jun 17 2016

There's probably not an alien megastructure around the star KIC 8462852, but there is definitely something weird going on there. As reported in 2015, the star's light dims by as much as 20 percent--way too much to be a passing planet--and there's no good scientific explanation as to why.

Colin Lecher
at 04:05 AM Feb 12 2013
Tech // 

This Death Star-funding story just became a trilogy. First, the White House shot down a petition to build a Death Star. Then, a team took to Kickstarter to crowdfund a Death Star. Now it's Return of the Jedi: a team is looking for $11 million to build a fleet of X-Wings, and it's already got more than $100,000.

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