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Tabetha Boyajian: The most mysterious star in the universe
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Something massive, with roughly 1,000 times the area of Earth, is blocking the light coming from a distant star known as KIC 8462852, and nobody is quite sure what it is. As astronomer Tabetha Boyajian investigated this perplexing celestial object, a colleague suggested something unusual: Could it be an alien-built megastructure? Such an extraordinary idea would require extraordinary evidence. In this talk, Boyajian gives us a look at how scientists search for and test hypotheses when faced with the unknown.
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TED.com
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Tedtalks;TED;Talks;NASA;Planets;astronomy;exploration;extraterrestrial life;nature;science;technology;universe;TED2016;2016
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