Boyajian’s star, a faint and unprepossessing presence in the constellation of Cygnus, attracted astronomers’ attention when it began to flicker alarmingly. The lecture discussed explanations for its behaviour, from disintegrating comets to alien megastructures, and considered how modern astronomy hunts for the truly unusual objects in the Universe. For this task, the involvement of large […]

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