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"Faint dust cloud that will cause several papers to be retracted" could refer to either Fomalhaut b (former proposed exoplanet that turned out to be a dust cloud) or Tabby's Star (star with odd irregular dimming pattern likely due to a dust cloud, but was briefly thought by some to be an alien megastructure the speculation of which caused the media to lose their shit). [[User:Erika lovelace|Erika lovelace]] ([[User talk:Erika lovelace|talk]]) 19:53, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
 
"Faint dust cloud that will cause several papers to be retracted" could refer to either Fomalhaut b (former proposed exoplanet that turned out to be a dust cloud) or Tabby's Star (star with odd irregular dimming pattern likely due to a dust cloud, but was briefly thought by some to be an alien megastructure the speculation of which caused the media to lose their shit). [[User:Erika lovelace|Erika lovelace]] ([[User talk:Erika lovelace|talk]]) 19:53, 16 June 2025 (UTC)
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Somebody should word it better but the idea of a black hole accretion disk having a habitable zone is pretty typical for Randall brand humor. [[Special:Contributions/130.76.187.35|130.76.187.35]] 20:12, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

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"Faint dust cloud that will cause several papers to be retracted" could refer to either Fomalhaut b (former proposed exoplanet that turned out to be a dust cloud) or Tabby's Star (star with odd irregular dimming pattern likely due to a dust cloud, but was briefly thought by some to be an alien megastructure the speculation of which caused the media to lose their shit). Erika lovelace (talk) 19:53, 16 June 2025 (UTC)

Somebody should word it better but the idea of a black hole accretion disk having a habitable zone is pretty typical for Randall brand humor. 130.76.187.35 20:12, 16 June 2025 (UTC)