One of the most mysterious stars in the Milky Way might soon have an explanation for its odd behavior.
It's called Boyajian's Star, or KIC 8462852 – less formally known as Tabby's Star, a yellow-white glimmer some– and its strange short-term brightness fluctuations and longer-term changes have so far defied scientists' attempts at explanation.
There are several candidates for what might be going on, but progress has stalled for want of more detailed information. But we won't have to wait much longer. Led by astronomer Massimo Stiavelli of the Space Telescope Science Institute , a team has taken observations of Boyajian's Star using the James Webb Space Telescope, and is undertaking to decipher them.
"KIC 8462852 displays an extraordinary light curve, showing both deep 'dipping' events and long-term changes,""We propose observations of this object in the wavelength range 1.7 to 25 microns in order to measure the thermal emission from the circumstellar material causing the observed light curve variations."Taken 8/5/2023 10:23:14 PM.
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