Tabby’s star is probably just dusty, and still not an alien megastructure
New analyses suggest the object might have an odd stellar cycle or be shrouded in tiny particles
![illustration of a ring of debris](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/083017_LG_tabby-star_main.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
SLOW FADE Tabby’s star dims strangely over the course of days and years. Explanations have ranged from a destroyed planet to a ring of debris (shown in this artist’s illustration), but new studies suggest that clouds of dust or a strange stellar cycle might be more likely.
T. Pyle/JPL-Caltech/NASA