Breaking: That thing that scientists suggested could maybe possibly be aliens (but that they said probably wasn't aliens) continues to not be aliens, as expected. Star KIC 8462852, dubbed WTF 001, caused quite a kerfuffle when scientists noted its unusual flicker. To make a long story short, the Kepler Space Telescope checks out distant exoplanets by monitoring the dimming of their host stars. A star dims a certain way (at least...
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