ASTRONOMY: Alien megastar more hungry than mysterious, scientists say it ate a planet.

You might recall last month’s report about a mysterious star which had “dimmed dramatically multiple times over the past seven years.”

Mystery solved?

Now a more convincing theory about KIC 84622852 suggests the star consumed a planet about 10,000 years ago.

“We propose that the secular dimming behavior is the result of the inspiral of a planetary body or bodies into KIC 8462852,” researchers from Columbia University and UC Berkley said in a new research paper.

If the star did consume a planet, it could explain the unusual light pattern, researchers said.

It would have caused Tabby’s Star to suddenly brighten erratically, especially if a detached moon system from the engulfed planet was still circling the star irregularly blocking its light. The star would show a dimming pattern of light as it returned to normal, the research suggested.

My money is still on an enormous mutant star goat.