{"id":353651,"date":"2018-03-24T10:37:51","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T09:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-is-dimming-again\/"},"modified":"2018-03-24T10:37:51","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T09:37:51","slug":"prison-planet-com-mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-is-dimming-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-is-dimming-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Mysterious \u2018alien megastructure\u2019 star is DIMMING again"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-5533555\/Alien-megastructure-star-experiencing-dimming-event-years.html\"><strong>Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 23, 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><strong>A mysterious celestial object known as Tabby\u2019s Star has baffled astronomers for years since it was first observed.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Every so often, the star experiences dramatic \u2018dips\u2019 in brightness \u2013 but, it\u2019s unclear what exactly is causing the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It has sparked countless possible explanations, from claims of an \u2018alien megastructure\u2019 to the more mundane hypothesis that now leads the discussion, which says its light is simply being blocked by dust.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Now, a team monitoring Tabby\u2019s Star says it has dimmed to the lowest levels seen since in five years, offering a new opportunity for scientists to observe the bizarre behaviour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/article-5533555\/Alien-megastructure-star-experiencing-dimming-event-years.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, March 23, 2018  at  8:37 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-is-dimming-again.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/mysterious-alien-megastructure-star-is-dimming-again.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily MailMarch 23, 2018 A mysterious celestial object known as Tabby\u2019s Star has baffled astronomers for years since it was first observed. Every so often, the star experiences dramatic \u2018dips\u2019 in brightness \u2013 but, it\u2019s unclear what exactly is causing the phenomenon. It has sparked countless possible explanations, from claims of an \u2018alien megastructure\u2019 to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[519],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-353651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-newswire"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=353651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/353651\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=353651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=353651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=353651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}