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An exploration of a set of papers advancing the concept that disappearing stars may represent new physics, or even a technosignature from an alien civilization. My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodier My Talk Show Channel https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Papers: "Our Sky now and then − searches for lost stars and impossible effects as probes of advanced extra-terrestrial civilisations", Villarroel et al, 2016 https://arxiv.org/pdf/1606.08992.pdf "The Vanishing & Appearing Sources during a Century of Observations project: I. USNO objects missing in modern sky surveys and follow-up observations of a "missing star", Villarroel et al, 2019 https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.05068 Music Cylinder Three by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/ Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/