We don’t know what we don’t know.
The star is simply dying. Stand by for a supernova.
There are no aliens! Anywhere! Period!
Geez...
Interestingly, Tabby’s star is almost 1500 light years from Earth, according to Wikipedia.
So the light we’re currently seeing left the star 1500 years ago and any “alien construction” that may or may not have happened would now be 1500 years old.
If there were a culture able to build a structure around a star 1500 years ago, imagine how advanced they’d be by now.
Indeed. These type of mega projects take time to complete.
The troubles with the unions alone could cause the whole mess to drag on for a thousand years.
When Quasars were first discovered there were some who thought they were aliens trying to blink messages...until we figured out there were just Quasars.
“A Dyson Sphere in the making?”
Lawyers from the EPA are preparing their lawsuits to stop construction until a comprehensive EIR can be drafted and submitted for proper review.
The answer could be as simple as looking at what happens at this star:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_Aurigae
Epsilon Aurigae has baffled astronomers for years, until this last cycle when we could see the cloud.
The heavens are full of mysteries.
What if your Dyson Sphere causes your heliosphere to collapse?