Keppler KIC 8462852

My best guess is that these types of odd variation will be found in about 0.01% of stars who had or have planetary companions. I think the perhaps the rotation of the star surface is what we are seeing. The dips are because some large planetary object(s) have collided with this star and we are seeing the 'thermal shadow' of cooler material on the suns surface which is yet to ignite or disperse through the sun. Such collisions also affect the rotation speed of the suns surface if struck at an oblique angle the surface of the star can appear to rotate much faster than the main mass of the star. Over thousands of years the new surface material will heat up and the surface (heloitic atmosphere) spin will gradually slow as rotational momentum is passed to the star's core through drag. This is my best guess.

It is, you know...

... buggered.

:-(

Who will fix it?


Maybe a giant 'Bob the Builder' race will arrive here in intersellar JCB's...

We may have to lie in front of the rather large bulldozers and explain exactly what the hell we are up to.

We have managed to create a wealth 'non distribution system'.

I mean how stupid is it that one country gets rich off the hard work of others and then within each country the uber greedy seem to leech futher wealth into thier fatgut bank accounts and then do not redistribute the wealth fairly.

Rant over.

Anyway, if we dont fix these goings on ourselves in terms of distribution of wealth and resources such as food, water, transport
and energy, it will all go to shit as rebellions erode ordered progress.

(I'm not saying that hard workers are not rewarded and that non workers should be rewarded.  Quite the opposite.  The main thing being that how nice we are to each other is the reward, help those that need help but dont make them into charity cases!).