astronomers discover huge unknown mass in space VOL....deathstar?

SC kid · Oct 17, 2015

Giant alien megastructure?
Solar panels harnessing the stars light?

Summary

Erlier this week the Kepler Space Telescope might have made the most important discovery in the history of telescopes. After The Atlantic dubbed it “The Most Mysterious Star in Our Galaxy,” space nerds and alien conspiracy theorists rejoiced over the revelation of a star now known as KIC8462852, because it is surrounded by a “big mess of matter” that simply doesn’t make sense. A paper written by Yale’s Tabetha Boyajian and her awesomely-named team of Planet Hunters, attempts to understand the mysterious star and that big mess of matter.

Boyajian and other astronomers will next attempt to detect radio waves to determine if there’s some sort of technology in play around this star.

Better in depth article
http://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-most-interesting-star-in-our-galaxy/410023/