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Could there be something weird going on with the star itself? For example, could it be producing super large sunspots or something like that?

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I suspect that fusion/fission models don't allow for the way it's being observed.

Possibly a new variety of variable star, like the Beta Cephi and slowly pulsating stars [1]? The article doesn't have any information as to what sort of spectrographs, etc have been taken.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slowly_pulsating_B-type_star

+1 for "Funky Star" hypothesis.

This seems just as probable/improbable as any other speculation, including (meme joke) "Aliens."

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