Scientists round the globe have no idea on the dimming of the mysterious star KIC 8462852. Some believe that a dense object, alien life in nature, is passing in front of the mysterious star so it turns dim.
Reportedly, the dense object affecting the mysterious star might be similar to Dyson Spheres. These are hypothetical, energy-harvesting megastuctures, which theoretical alien life could potentially build by rearranging the solar system.
Dyson Spheres have been a puzzle since 1960. Besides a possible link to alien life, scientists believe that these Dyson Spheres could answer energy problems faced by an extremely old civilization.
According to SETI scientists, alien life civilizations could be found by understanding the Dyson Spheres orbiting other stars. Scientists have been observing nearly 500 stars and mysterious star KIC 8462852 for three years now.
"The steady brightness change in KIC 8462852 is pretty astounding," Ben Montet of CalTech stated. Regular measurements across four years indicated that the mysterious star KIC 8462852 is getting fainter with time.
The dimming of this mysterious star is considered highly unusual. Nothing similar to the mysterious KIC 8462852 has been seen in the Kepler data.
Speculation to explain the dimness of KIC 8462852 vary from large number of comets orbiting the star to an alien megastructures. According to Phy.org, dimming of a star can be due to eclipsing - a planet or a cloud of dust and gas. But, in the case of mysterious star KIC 8462852, the abrupt fading and re-brightening is unlike other stars leading to the assumption of Dyson Spheres.
In 1967, a student of astronomy found a pulsing radio signal indicating the presence of alien life out in the space. The astronomers nicknamed the LGM-1 signal as 'little green men.'
It was believed that the signal was from an extraterrestrial civilization. However, what was though to be alien life was discovered to be the first pulsar.
