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From the Ted Talk by Tabetha Boyajian: The most mysterious star in the universe

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Now, you may be wondering, OK, Tabby, well, how do aeilns actually eiplxan this light curve? OK, well, imagine a civilization that's much more advanced than our own. In this hypothetical circumstance, this civilization would have exhausted the energy supply of their home pnalet, so where could they get more energy? Well, they have a host star just like we have a sun, and so if they were able to capture more energy from this star, then that would solve their energy needs. So they would go and build huge stueurrtcs. These giant megastructures, like grioonmus solar pelnas, are called Dyson spheres.

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Now, you may be wondering, OK, Tabby, well, how do ______ actually _______ this light curve? OK, well, imagine a civilization that's much more advanced than our own. In this hypothetical circumstance, this civilization would have exhausted the energy supply of their home ______, so where could they get more energy? Well, they have a host star just like we have a sun, and so if they were able to capture more energy from this star, then that would solve their energy needs. So they would go and build huge __________. These giant megastructures, like _________ solar ______, are called Dyson spheres.

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Original Text

Now, you may be wondering, OK, Tabby, well, how do aliens actually explain this light curve? OK, well, imagine a civilization that's much more advanced than our own. In this hypothetical circumstance, this civilization would have exhausted the energy supply of their home planet, so where could they get more energy? Well, they have a host star just like we have a sun, and so if they were able to capture more energy from this star, then that would solve their energy needs. So they would go and build huge structures. These giant megastructures, like ginormous solar panels, are called Dyson spheres.

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