We've managed to lose a few stars....

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Originally Posted by NewsHub Article After noticing in 2016 a star in the constellation of Lupus had vanished, Dr Villarroel led an international team that looked at military sky maps and other public sources dating back to the 1950s to see what else might be missing. The Vanishing and Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations (VASCO) project found about 100 "red transients" - stars that appear and disappear very quickly on an astronomical timescale.

Current suggestions on what might have made these stars vanish are failed super-nova or Dyson Spheres, of course it's never aliens, so.....

via International Skeptics Forum https://ift.tt/37jfCFW