# The star is returning to normal after swallowing a planet, which brightened it.

> Disputed: The star is returning to normal after swallowing a planet, which brightened it.

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# The star is returning to normal after swallowing a planet, which brightened it.

The star is returning to normal after swallowing a planet, which brightened it.

**Disputed** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Disputed** None pieces of evidence for, one against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- A fade that follows the thermal relaxation of the star's outer layers.

## What would rule it out

- A colour dependence of the fade that matches dust extinction rather than a change in temperature.

## Evidence none for · 1 against

[The fade's colour dependence is consistent with circumstellar material.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/evidence/EVD0D8E7G0841N6/the-fades-colour-dependence-is-consistent-with-circumstellar)

Suggestive

AGAINST

## The questions it answers

[What causes the slow fading of the star?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/tabbys-star/questions/QST0D8E76Z60339/what-causes-the-slow-fading-of-the-star)

Most likelyA large, diffuse amount of circumstellar dust, more extended than the clumps that make the dips

## Cite it

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The star is returning to normal after swallowing a planet, which brightened it. [Answer ANS0D8E7FRE3X1F]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D8E7FRE3X1F
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