Curiosity, Science, and the Possibility of Aliens with Dr. Avi Loeb, Ph.D.

Is there life out there?


This is the question astronomers and astrophysicists have been
exploring for decades. 


In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an
object soaring through our inner solar system, moving so quickly
that it could only have come from another star. Dr. Avi
Loeb, Harvard’s top astronomer, showed it was not an
asteroid; it was moving too fast along a strange orbit, and left
no trail of gas or debris in its wake. There was only one
conceivable explanation: the object was a piece of advanced
technology created by a distant alien civilization.


In today’s conversation we’re exploring the question, is there
life out there? with Dr. Loeb, who is the Frank
B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University, chair
of Harvard’s Department of Astronomy, founding director of
Harvard’s Black Hole Initiative, and director of the Institute
for Theory and Computation (ITC) within the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics.


In Dr. Loeb’s new book, Extraterrestrial, the First Signs
of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, we learn about
Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object detected passing
through the Solar System.


But this book isn’t really about Oumuamua.  It’s a story
about why curiosity is essential to science and how curiosity
gets squelched when the scientific process is influenced by the
pressure for research dollars. 


Join us as Dr. Loeb explores, with curiosity, what is out
there? 


Dr. Avi Loeb is the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at
Harvard University. He received a PhD in Physics from the Hebrew
University of Jerusalem in Israel at age 24 (1980-1986), led the
first international project supported by the Strategic Defense
Initiative (1983-1988), and was subsequently a long-term member
of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton (1988-1993).
Loeb has written 8 books including, most
recently, Extraterrestrial (Houghton
Mifflin Harcourt, 2021), and about 800 papers (with
an h-index of 112) on a wide range of topics, including
black holes, the first stars, the search for extraterrestrial
life and the future of the Universe. He had been the longest
serving Chair of Harvard's Department of
Astronomy (2011-2020), Founding Director of
Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2016-present) and
Director of the Institute for Theory and
Computation (2007-present) within
the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics 


Click here (https://lweb.cfa.harvard.edu/~loeb/Opinion.html) for
Dr. Loeb's commentaries.  


Click here to find Dr. Loeb’s new book on Amazon:
Extraterrestrial, the First Signs of Intelligent Life
Beyond Earth
(https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestrial-First-Intelligent-Beyond-Earth-ebook/dp/B081TTY4NX)


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