As excited as I want to be about this I'm still taking it all in slowly because the distance is just too far and what we are seeing is something from many years ago. We only know the universe from our own solar system. Maybe there are other things out there besides just planets and stars.
Study supports natural causes, not alien activity, to explain mystery star's behavior
The results of a new study make it far less likely that KIC 8462852, popularly known as Tabby's star, is the home of industrious aliens who are gradually enclosing it in a vast shell called a Dyson sphere. Ref. Source 3o.