Aliens attack a distant star! [episode 1]

Hey! The first episode of Mallercast is up! Give it a listen here:

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Here’s the Motherboard article about our favorite star: KIC 84628552

http://motherboard.vice.com/read/aliens-are-clearly-trying-to-extinguish-an-entire-star

Here’s a direct link to the Ben Montet and Joshua Simon’s paper:

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1608.01316v1.pdf

Here’s a link to the 10 Strangest Things in Space article:

http://listverse.com/2013/04/23/top-10-strangest-things-in-space/

Thanks for giving it a listen! The next show will be published on Thursday, August 18th. See ya soon! Oh yeah, one more thing…