KIC 8462852 Archives

Building a Dyson Spehere -- Grok via Astrobiology.com

Astronomy & Telescopes, Citizen Science / Open Science, Habitable Zones, Status Report, Terraforming & Geoengineering

Making Habitable Worlds: Planets Versus Megastructures

by Keith CowingOctober 16, 2024October 16, 2024

In 2016, a star KIC 8462852 caught the world’s attention due to a paper by citizen scientists who noticed its seemingly unexplainable brightness variations. The forward theory was offered – […]

Slowing down the Mars in-order to enter the transfer orbit (The image is not to scale).

Habitable Zones, SETI & Technosignatures, Status Report, Terraforming & Geoengineering

Making Habitable Worlds: Planets Versus Megastructures

by Keith CowingSeptember 14, 2023September 14, 2023

In 2015, a star KIC 8462852 caught the world’s attention due to a paper by citizen scientists who noticed its seemingly unexplainable brightness variations.