Jason Wright

Pennsylvania State University

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Associate professor of astronomy at Pennsylvania State University, whose primary research is in extra solar planets and sun-like stars

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For some years, astronomers have been studying a  source of light  in the Milky Way that seems to have no natural explanation. Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?

A Mysterious Cluster in the Galaxy Could Be Extraterrestrial

For some years, astronomers have been studying a source of light in the Milky Way that seems to have no natural explanation. Is there intelligent life elsewhere in the universe?

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