I Still Still Don't Think It's Aliens, but Tabby's Star Keeps Getting Weirder

Just when you think Tabby's Star can't get any weirder, it goes and does. You know this star: It undergoes very odd dips in brightness that have defied explanation. The star, formally called KIC 8462852 (but nicknamed Tabby's Star after Tabetha Boyajian, the astronomer who led the team investigating it), has been observed by the Kepler spacecraft for some time now. Kepler looks for dips in brightness in stars indicating the presence of a planet orbiting it; the planet blocks a tiny bit of star l...