Astronomers may have found giant alien 'megastructures' orbiting star near the Milky

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And a response by Bradley Schaefer to Michael Lipke's paper (previous post)

http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=34933

If there were any systematic problems for the DASCH data with Tabby’s star, then we should see the exact same dimming trend in the check stars as is seen for Tabby’s Star. But we do not. These ‘check stars’ serve as the classic control study in science. They serve as proof that neither the check stars nor Tabby’s Star have any substantial systematic problem. They serve as proof that Hippke’s title is wrong.