Tabby's Star

English

Etymology

From Tabetha, from the discovery by Tabetha S. Boyajian and her team, of the unusual variability in brightness of this star.

Proper noun

Tabby's Star

  1. (astronomy) A star in Cygnus constellation, Milky Way Galaxy. A star that dramatically dimmed in an odd non-repeating pattern, that was suspected to be due to a partial Dyson swarm, indicating a extraterrestrial megastructure construct and thus a sign of intelligent aliens.

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