The otherwise normal star KIC 8462852, better known as Boyajian’s Star, is slightly larger and hotter than the Sun and sits around 1,480 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The new breakthrough suggests that the star has a binary companion that could be contributing to its unexplained flickering. The …
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