Lots of people are asking me about interstellar object 3I/Atlas and the claims Avi Loeb is making that it could be alien spaceship.
To answer them I want to give you this great post by astronomer Jason Wright about Prof Loeb and his very public “speculations”.
Wright is one of the world experts in SETI and the search for life in the Universe. He does a great job separating the signal from noise.
As Wright writes:
“It’s also worth noting that zero planetary scientists give Avi’s claims any credence. Contrary to his complaints, this is not because they are afraid to consider the aliens hypothesis or they are stuck in their ways (after all, I’m the director of the PSETI Center where we try to push the boundaries of the search for aliens!). I have found planetary scientists to be very open minded about this!
They’re saying he’s wrong because he’s demonstrably wrong.”
PS. Thoughts? Leave a comment on the website version of the post or email me at [email protected]
— Adam Frank 🚀
