It seemed like KIC 8462852 was getting dimmer, and nobody really understood why.

KIC 8462852 看上去好像变得越来越暗，却无人知晓其中缘由。

Considering that it doesn't appear to be a young star system, dust should have coalesced into a series of planets by now, which is yet another part of the puzzle surrounding KIC 8462852.

考虑到它似乎不是一个年轻的恒星系统，尘埃现在应该已经凝聚成一系列行星了，而这是围绕 KIC 8462852 的另一个未解谜题。

But the single strangest one that we've discovered so far is a pretty close one to home, known officially as KIC 8462852, It's only a little larger than the Sun is, and is only located about 1280 light-years away from us.

但目前为止在已知的恒星里，距我们不远处，有一颗叫做 KIC 8462852 的奇怪恒星。这颗仅仅比太阳大一点点的恒星只离我们 1280 光年远。