No extraterrestrial laser pulses detected from KIC 8462852, SETI reports
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 - 15:12
in Astronomy & Space
The anomalous star KIC 8462852 has baffled astronomers with its erratic dimming, causing some to speculate that it's orbited by a massive structure built by an extraterrestrial civilization. To help evaluate that possibility, scientists searched for brief laser pulses from the distant star, but found none, as reported in a paper submitted to The Astrophysical Journal Letters.