Released: 8 August 2016

Duration:47 minutes 44 seconds

 

Host Paul Carr talks to CalTech astronomer Ben Montet,who has, with his colleague Joshua Simon, just published the result that Tabby's Star (KIC 8462852) dimmed considerably over the four year course of the Kepler Space Telescope prime mission.

 

Links:

Montet and Simon, KIC 8462852 Faded Throughout the Kepler Mission

Interview with Bradley Schaefer on Dimming of Tabby's Star

Boyajian, et. al., KIC 8462852 - Where's The Flux?

 

Credits:

Host and Producer: Paul Carr

Announcer:Erin Carr

Music: DJ Spooky, Jason Robinson, Erika Lloyd