<div dir="ltr"><div>-------- Forwarded message ---------</div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <b class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Google Alerts</b> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:googlealerts-noreply@google.com">googlealerts-noreply@google.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Jul 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM<br>Subject: Google Alert - Tabby's Star<br>To: <<a href="mailto:HKeithHenson@gmail.com">HKeithHenson@gmail.com</a>><br></div><br><br> <div> <div>
<div style="width:100%;max-width:650px"> <div style="font-family:Arial"> <table style="border-collapse:collapse;border-left:1px solid #e4e4e4;border-right:1px solid #e4e4e4"> <tbody><tr> <td style="background-color:#f8f8f8;padding-left:18px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e4e4;border-top:1px solid #e4e4e4"></td> <td style="padding:13px 10px 8px 0px;background-color:#f8f8f8;border-top:1px solid #e4e4e4;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e4e4" valign="middle"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.google.com/intl/en_us/alerts/logo.png?cd=KhMzNjg5MDQxMjMyODYwOTI4NDEz" alt="Google" height="25" border="0"> </a> </td> <td style="background-color:#f8f8f8;padding-left:18px;border-top:1px solid #e4e4e4;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e4e4"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:32px"></td> <td style="padding:18px 0px 0px 0px;vertical-align:middle;line-height:20px;font-family:Arial"> <span style="color:#262626;font-size:22px">Tabby's Star</span> <div style="vertical-align:top;padding-top:6px;color:#aaa;font-size:12px;line-height:16px"> <span>Daily update</span> <span style="padding:0px 4px 0px 4px">⋅</span> <a style="color:#aaa;text-decoration:none">July 17, 2026</a> </div> </td> <td style="padding-left:32px"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:18px"></td> <td style="padding:16px 0px 12px 0px;border-bottom:1px solid #e4e4e4"> <span style="font-size:12px;color:#737373"> NEWS </span> </td> <td style="padding-right:18px"></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding-left:18px"></td> <td style="padding:18px 0px 12px 0px;vertical-align:top;font-family:Arial"> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dw032cPRP7ZQ&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMzIaM2Q0MGFjMWEyYjAwYTBjNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw1RbrfA2gqaRMJxuUZxEMk7" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> <table style="display:inline;border-collapse:collapse" align="right"> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-left:18px"></td> <td style="padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;background-repeat:no-repeat;text-align:center;background-image:url(https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSo57lNsP6sM-Dffi_d8lSe5SgjzVnJEpEWTCnIvOK8YLRiWkk_eYyNhII);border:1px solid #e4e4e4" width="100" valign="bottom" height="100"> <div style="color:#fff;font-size:9px;letter-spacing:0.8px"> <div style="padding:3px 0px 4px 4px;background:rgb(255,255,255);background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.5);width:96px"></div> </div> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </a> <div> <span style="padding:0px 6px 0px 0px"> <a href="https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dw032cPRP7ZQ&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTMzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMzIaM2Q0MGFjMWEyYjAwYTBjNDpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw1RbrfA2gqaRMJxuUZxEMk7" style="color:#427fed;display:inline;text-decoration:none;font-size:16px;line-height:20px" target="_blank"> <span><b>Tabby's Star</b>: The Light That Shouldn't Flicker - YouTube</span> </a> </span> <div> <div style="padding:2px 0px 8px 0px"> <div style="color:#737373;font-size:12px"> <a style="text-decoration:none;color:#737373"> <span>YouTube</span> </a> </div> <div style="color:#252525;padding:2px 0px 0px 0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px">A <b>star</b> 1470 light-years away dims in ways no one can explain. Scientists are still searching for answers. What do you think is hiding in the dark?</div><div style="color:#252525;padding:2px 0px 0px 0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px"><br></div><div style="color:#252525;padding:2px 0px 0px 0px;font-size:12px;line-height:18px"><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">So I responded:</div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">
It may be natural, but about 2 dozen stars in a 1000 light-year sphere
also flicker the same way. If it were only one, I can imagine it is
natural, two dozen clustered this way looks like a civilization
expanding into space at maybe 1/3 of C. If this is the case, what we may
be seeing is data centers out in the relatively cold "computational
zone" where the low temperature keeps down computational errors. From
the depth of the dip and the time of crossing, it is in an orbit about
as far out from the star as Jupiter is from our sun, and the orbit would
take about 19 years. Why would aliens build such a thing? As a guess,
they live in a data center, hundreds of times as large as the Earth, as uploads. As another guess, if we can
resolve planets that far away, there is a planet in the habitable zone
around Tabby's star where they originated biologically. The closest star
that shows this behavior is only 511 ly from Earth, so if you live a
very long time, they may come here and process the asteroid Vista into a
data center<span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_1002315 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Punctuation gmail-multiReplace" id="gmail-1002315">..</span> Why don't we see any propulsion lasers or hear any radio waves is a mystery. They probably don't have FTL <span class="gmail-gr_ gmail-gr_1002702 gmail-gr-alert gmail-gr_gramm gmail-gr_inline_cards gmail-gr_run_anim gmail-Punctuation gmail-only-ins gmail-replaceWithoutSep" id="gmail-1002702">or</span> they would have been here a long time ago. <br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Keith<br></div><br></div> </div> <table> <tbody><tr> <td style="padding-right:6px" width="16"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts/share?hl=en&gl=US&ru=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dw032cPRP7ZQ&ss=fb&rt=Tabby%27s+Star:+The+Light+That+Shouldn%27t+Flicker+-+YouTube&cd=KhMzNjg5MDQxMjMyODYwOTI4NDEzMhozZDQwYWMxYTJiMDBhMGM0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&ssp=AMJHsmUYE4G4H14NlVgbgEq5EH97n2mXLA" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> <img alt="Facebook" src="https://www.gstatic.com/alerts/images/fb-24.png" width="16" height="16" border="0"></a> </td> <td style="padding-right:6px" width="16"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts/share?hl=en&gl=US&ru=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dw032cPRP7ZQ&ss=tw&rt=Tabby%27s+Star:+The+Light+That+Shouldn%27t+Flicker+-+YouTube&cd=KhMzNjg5MDQxMjMyODYwOTI4NDEzMhozZDQwYWMxYTJiMDBhMGM0OmNvbTplbjpVUw&ssp=AMJHsmUYE4G4H14NlVgbgEq5EH97n2mXLA" style="text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> <img alt="Twitter" src="https://www.gstatic.com/alerts/images/tw-24.png" width="16" height="16" border="0"></a> </td> <td style="padding:0px 0px 6px 15px;font-family:Arial"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts/feedback?ffu=https://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3Dw032cPRP7ZQ&source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw&s=AB2Xq4gTOrYmGdonmnUsMw58IjVqXVmbARql1pE" style="text-decoration:none;vertical-align:middle;color:#aaa;font-size:10px" target="_blank"> Flag as irrelevant </a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </td> <td style="padding-right:18px"></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="background-color:#f8f8f8;font-size:14px;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;padding:10px 10px 10px 10px;line-height:20px;border:1px solid #e4e4e4;font-family:Arial" valign="middle"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts?s=AB2Xq4gTOrYmGdonmnUsMw58IjVqXVmbARql1pE&start=1783908037&end=1784253877&source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw#history" style="text-decoration:none;vertical-align:middle;color:#427fed" target="_blank"> See more results </a> <span style="font-size:12px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:15px;color:#aaa">|</span> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts/edit?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw&s=AB2Xq4gTOrYmGdonmnUsMw58IjVqXVmbARql1pE&email=HKeithHenson%40gmail.com" style="text-decoration:none;vertical-align:middle;color:#427fed" target="_blank">Edit this alert</a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table style="padding-top:6px;font-size:12px;color:#252525;text-align:center;width:100%"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-family:Arial"> You have received this email because you have subscribed to <b>Google Alerts</b>. <div> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts/remove?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw&s=AB2Xq4gTOrYmGdonmnUsMw58IjVqXVmbARql1pE" style="text-decoration:none;color:#427fed" target="_blank">Unsubscribe</a> <span style="padding:0px 4px 0px 4px;color:#252525">|</span> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw" style="text-decoration:none;color:#427fed" target="_blank"> View all your alerts </a> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:6px 10px 0px 0px;font-family:Arial"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts/feeds/17463114257794898450/6498705440947770315" style="text-decoration:none;color:#427fed" target="_blank"> <img src="https://www.gstatic.com/alerts/images/rss-16.gif" alt="RSS" style="padding:0px 8px 0px 0px;vertical-align:middle" border="0"> <span style="display:inline;line-height:16px;vertical-align:middle"> Receive this alert as RSS feed </span> </a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td style="padding:6px 0px 0px 0px;font-family:Arial"> <a href="https://www.google.com/alerts?source=alertsmail&hl=en&gl=US&msgid=MzY4OTA0MTIzMjg2MDkyODQxMw&s=AB2Xq4gTOrYmGdonmnUsMw58IjVqXVmbARql1pE&ffu=" style="text-decoration:none;color:#427fed" target="_blank"> <div style="display:inline;line-height:16px;vertical-align:middle"> Send Feedback </div> </a> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div>