For over a decade, a star in the constellation Cygnus has dimmed in ways that defied easy explanation, inviting speculation that ranged from comet swarms to alien megastructures. Now, a new study points toward something more familiar yet no less remarkable: a giant planet, roughly ten times the mass of Jupiter, whose gravitational pull may be stirring up clouds of dust and debris that periodically veil the star's light. The discovery, anchored by a 21-hour transit observed in September 2019, suggests that the universe's strangest mysteries often yield, in time, to the patient logic of ordinary
Giant Planet Emerges as Leading Suspect in Tabby's Star Dimming Mystery
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