# Bodies falling towards the star and destroyed by heating, releasing dust.

> No evidence yet: Bodies falling towards the star and destroyed by heating, releasing dust.

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# Bodies falling towards the star and destroyed by heating, releasing dust.

Bodies falling towards the star and destroyed by heating, releasing dust.

**No evidence yet** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**No evidence yet** Its tests haven't settled it: no evidence yet.

## What it predicts

- Dust composition of thermally processed rock or ice; no long-term periodicity.

## What would rule it out

- Evidence that the dust lies far from the star.

## The questions it answers

[If the dips are dust, what produces it in large, short-lived clumps?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76QC6BDA/if-the-dips-are-dust-what-produces-it-in-large-short-lived)

Part of [What blocks the light during the deep, irregular dips?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76FJ6B8S/what-blocks-the-light-during-the-deep-irregular-dips)

Most likelyThe fragments of a broken-up comet or planetesimal on an eccentric orbit, passing in front of the star in…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Bodies falling towards the star and destroyed by heating, releasing dust. [Answer ANS0D8E7E9J33CF]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8E7E9J33CF
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