A star system that SETI has designated "Tabby's Star" has been a source of speculation about extraterrestrial intelligence has offered, after two weeks of extensive scrutiny, has offered up only radio silence.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute (SETI) has been monitoring an unusual light pattern in the Tabby's Star system for more than two weeks.
The
system has been under
scrutiny since its unusual light fluctuation was discovered a few years
back by users of the online astronomy crowd sourcing site Planet Hunters.
Tabbyu is located 1,500 light years away. Light from the star system occasionally dropped 20%, according to
data that was collected by NASA's Kepler Telescope.
SETI
Institute started investigating the star after learning that the Kepler
team had marked the data showing an unusual light pattern coming
from the region.
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