/sci/ - Science & Math

So was it all just dust in the end? Or is there still some mystery to it and investigations going on?

are we in for another memestar?

>>8924565
:(

You all doubted the power of Ai-chan, we're getting alien waifus gentleman.

>>7620392
The Allen Telescope Array has been listening every night for over a week. They are updating their frequency progress at setiquest.info click Last Day, then special, under Obs Progress.

Also new: "The Boquete Optical SETI Observatory will look for brief laser pulses or flashes of light that may come from a galactic lighthouse."
http://perfscience.com/content/2142664-seti-search-%E2%80%98other-signals%E2%80%99-near-kic-8462852

And: "A number of optical telescopes are watching the star, waiting for another multiday dimming event to take place. Once such an event begins, large scopes outfitted with spectrographs will swing into action, studying and monitoring the various wavelengths of light emanating from KIC 8462852, Wright said."
http://www.space.com/30948-dimming-star-alien-megastructure-mystery.html

That is in reference to the AAVSO alert issued to the variable star observers' amateur network, who have made some substantial discoveries in the past.

>>7620918
Also, they observed for doppler wobble induced by large nearby bodies, and found none. For your four planet system, the planets would have to either be positioned perfectly and of proportionate mass to exactly balance each other out gravitationally, or they would have to be positioned perfectly and be the exact same size.

>>7620958
No wobble.

>>7621033
So perfect gravitational balance to explain the lack of Doppler observations?

>>7612480
I said this in a previous thread, but so let's keep it as /sci/ as possible:

Wat they are doing at ATA is very similar to turning an old FM radio dial trying to find a station. Except their dial is the size of a steering wheel, and they have several million possible stations. So like if you were road tripping through Nebraska in an 87 Ford pickup truck with nothing but an FM radio, starting all the way at the left of the dial and turning through nothing but static from 82.1 to 93.4 doesn't mean there is nothing, it just means you haven't reached the Reverend Robert Schuler''s Power Hour on 95.5 yet.

pic somewhat related: Aichan

>>7603245
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