A large cluster of objects in space look like something you would "expect an alien civilization to build", astronomers have said.

Jason Wright, an astronomer from Penn State University, is set to publish a report on the “bizarre” star system - suggesting the objects could be a “swarm of megastructures”.

He told The Independent: "I can’t figure this thing out and that’s why it’s so interesting, so cool – it just doesn’t seem to make sense."

Speaking to The Atlantic, Mr Wright said: "Aliens should always be the very last hypothesis you consider, but this looked like something you would expect an alien civilisation to build. I was fascinated by how crazy it looked."

Weaver wrote:Not to mention that a much more plausible solution has been suggested to this data anomaly

http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy.2.html

Weaver wrote:Headline says "scientists" - actual article says "one scientist."

and still massively unlikely to be aliens.

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Whenever some dipshit source says something like "scientists say" I assume they're pitching woo.

laklak wrote:

ScholasticSpastic wrote:Whenever some dipshit source says something like "scientists say" I assume they're pitching woo.

So they're, what, holding hands, kissing?

Evolving wrote:http://www.rationalskepticism.org/astronomy/the-most-mysterious-star-in-our-galaxy-t50774.html#p2315779