Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society published June 11, 2021, scientists say that "something" has caused the extreme dimming of the star.
What that "something" may be has not yet been figured out but the new paper describes it as having had a “hard edge” and being completely opaque.Leigh Smith of the University of Cambridge and lead author of the journal told The Guardian on June 11: "It appeared to come out of nowhere." Talking to National Geographic six days later, he added:" It’s unusual for a star to dim in brightness by this much and for this long." Sergey Koposov of the University of Edinburgh and another team member said: "It’s amazing that we just observed a dark, large and elongated object pass between us and the.
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