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Will a consensus explanation of the strange behavior of the star KIC 8462852 emerge this year?

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Will the eventual consensus explanation of star KIC 8462852 variability be an intervening molecular cloud?

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Will the eventual consensus explanation of star KIC 8462852 variability be an intervening molecular cloud?

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