Elizabeth Kolbert published an article in the January 25, 2021 issue of The New Yorker asking if signs of extraterrestrial life have been found. She cites a dot of light sighted by Robert Weryk, and then other astronomers, traveling at an unusually great speed, its brightness varying significantly in intensity. My guest is astronomer Grant Wilson, professor and graduate program director in the astronomy department at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst .

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