Comments on: Przybylski’s Star: Still Bizarre After All These Years https://habitablezone.com/2026/05/15/przybylskis-star-still-bizarre-after-all-these-years/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 15:13:56 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2026/05/15/przybylskis-star-still-bizarre-after-all-these-years/#comment-54910 BuckGalaxy Mon, 18 May 2026 08:17:37 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108799#comment-54910 I get it. The idea is a technologically advanced civilization is dumping their nuclear and radioactive waste into their sun, in effect using it as a gigantic garbage incinerator. It's actually a good idea given the problems of nuclear waste disposal, and if they are a space-faring civilization it would be efficient to do. In fact it seems to me they would have to be a very advanced space-faring civilization to create such a noticeable effect on a star. Not sure how all this could create these short life heavy elements but what the hell do I know? I would however bet there would be an anti-Sun dumping environmental movement in that civilization. :-) The suggestion that a nearby supernova or neutron star is the culprit appears far more likely. Also, what about a small brown dwarf or a "dirty" planet orbiting the star close enough to be dumping this material? It seems like this is something that should get more investigation than it has. I get it. The idea is a technologically advanced civilization is dumping their nuclear and radioactive waste into their sun, in effect using it as a gigantic garbage incinerator. It’s actually a good idea given the problems of nuclear waste disposal, and if they are a space-faring civilization it would be efficient to do. In fact it seems to me they would have to be a very advanced space-faring civilization to create such a noticeable effect on a star. Not sure how all this could create these short life heavy elements but what the hell do I know? I would however bet there would be an anti-Sun dumping environmental movement in that civilization. :-)

The suggestion that a nearby supernova or neutron star is the culprit appears far more likely. Also, what about a small brown dwarf or a “dirty” planet orbiting the star close enough to be dumping this material?

It seems like this is something that should get more investigation than it has.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2026/05/15/przybylskis-star-still-bizarre-after-all-these-years/#comment-54909 ER Mon, 18 May 2026 03:51:43 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108799#comment-54909 other than to say I suspect there is an "ordinary" (non SETI related) explanation to what this is, but no one seems to have a convincing one. Follow the link to the centauri-dreams site and you will find links to the original research, commentaries, and commentary on the commentaries. This is legit, folks, not "yellow science". other than to say I suspect there is an “ordinary” (non SETI related) explanation to what this is, but no one seems to have a convincing one.

Follow the link to the centauri-dreams site and you will find links to the original research, commentaries, and commentary on the commentaries.

This is legit, folks, not “yellow science”.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2026/05/15/przybylskis-star-still-bizarre-after-all-these-years/#comment-54907 BuckGalaxy Mon, 18 May 2026 03:13:14 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108799#comment-54907 Not my area of expertise by any stretch by my guess would be Przybylski’s Star is possibly "polluted" by another nearby younger star, or some other event? Seems far more likely than some signal from an advanced civilization. Can't imagine them deciding: let's see who's there by throwing a bunch of heavy elements into our own star. Not my area of expertise by any stretch by my guess would be Przybylski’s Star is possibly “polluted” by another nearby younger star, or some other event? Seems far more likely than some signal from an advanced civilization.

Can’t imagine them deciding: let’s see who’s there by throwing a bunch of heavy elements into our own star.

]]> By: RL https://habitablezone.com/2026/05/15/przybylskis-star-still-bizarre-after-all-these-years/#comment-54904 RL Mon, 18 May 2026 02:14:51 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=108799#comment-54904 I wonder what the confidence level is on that data- I will have to look that up.... I wonder what the confidence level is on that data- I will have to look that up….

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