This Blinking Object In Space Is Even Causing Scientists To Wonder What Exactly Is Out There

Astronomers have detected a star 25,000 light-years away that can best be described as “blinking.”

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00:00There's something strange going out in space.

00:07Astronomers have detected a star 25,000 light years away that could best be described as

00:12blinking.

00:13We'll call it the blinking star, even though it's really called VVVWIT08.

00:20The WIT stands for what is this?

00:22A great question.

00:24Astronomers from the University of Edinburgh say a dark, large, and elongated object passed

00:29between Earth and the distant star.

00:31The star dimmed for 200 days.

00:34According to ScienceAlert, if a star could be hidden for months at a time like that,

00:38it could point to a new class of star, giant beasts over 100 times the size of the sun

00:43that are mysteriously orbiting every few decades.

00:46There are many theories, but the university astronomers think it could be another planet

00:51surrounded by a thick disk or dust that completely covers the star.

00:56Perhaps more answers await us before the next blink.