Inkwenkwezi I-KIC 8462852, ekwaziwa ngokuba yiTabby's Star okanye iBoyajian's Star, yi F-uhlobo oluphambili-lulandelelwano inkwenkwezi ibekwe malunga ne-1,470 yeminyaka yokukhanya ukusuka eMhlabeni. Inommangaliso ongasonjululwanga oye wadida izazinzulu-ihlabathi ukusukela oko yafunyanwa kwidatha eqokelelwe ngu Kepler iteleskopu yasemkhathini ngo-2011.
Kukho into enkulu kwindlela yeNkwenkwezi yeTabby, evala malunga ne-22% yokukhanya inkwenkwezi ekhuphayo, iguqula ukukhanya kwayo ngokungapheliyo. Kwaye mhlawumbi ayisiyiyo isathelayithi okanye iplanethi, ngenxa yokuba iplanethi enye enobungakanani beJupiter ingavimba kuphela i-1% yinkwenkwezi elingana neTabby's Star.
Iingqikelelo ezininzi ziye zacetywa ukuchaza utshintsho olukhulu olungaqhelekanga ekukhanyeni kwaloo nkwenkwezi, kodwa akukho namnye kubo oye wakwazi ukuchaza ngokupheleleyo yonke imiba yokutshintsha kwegophe lokukhanya. Ukuza kuthi ga namhlanje, eyona ngcaciso ikhoyo yeyokuba “umsesane ongalinganiyo wothuli” ijikeleza iTabby's Star.
Nokuba, ezinye iinkcuba-buchopho ziye zacebisa ukuba yi-Dyson Swarm, eyinguqulelo engaphelelanga ye-megastructure eyaziwa ngokuba Dyson Sphere, ejikeleza inkwenkwezi kunye nokuvuna amandla ayo. Ngelixa abanye bebanga ukuba injalo "Isakhiwo esingaziwayo sasemzini!" Kukho enye ithiyori ethi I-KIC 8462852 Inkwenkwezi inokuba luhlobo olutsha ngokupheleleyo lwento yecosmic enohlobo olunjalo lweempawu ezingaqhelekanga.
Mhlawumbi siya kufumana isiphelo esingcono sento eyenzekayo ngeTabby's Star xa iNASA iza kuphehlelela Itheyibhuli yendawo kaJames Webb (JWST) evela eFrench Guiana ngo-2021, eyiteleskopu yesizukulwana esilandelayo ephuhliswe ngentsebenziswano phakathi NASA, i European Space Agency, kwaye i I-Arhente yaseKhanada yaseMajukujukwini.
Kodwa ide iqaliswe, "isakhiwo esingaziwayo sasemzini" ivakala njengengcaciso enika umdla nepholileyo yesakhiwo.
