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Expedition team lead by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb uncovers unprecedented materials from impact site of 2014 interstellar object CAMBRIDGE, MA — September 23, 2024 — A multi-year expedition and investigation into the mysterious interstellar meteor...

Generous grant from Richard King Mellon Foundation to fund establishment and operation of a third instrument station in Pennsylvania CAMBRIDGE, MA/PITTSBURGH, PA — April 26, 2024 — The Galileo Project at Harvard University is thrilled to announce a...

In a recent preprint, Fernando et al. (2024) used public data from infrasound stations to constrain the localization of the fireball of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) bolide. The analysis inferred a 90%-confidence ellipse with semi-minor and semi- major axes...

New paper proposes violent beginnings for high-velocity interstellar meteors such as IM1 HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MA — March 10, 2024 — The Galileo Project at Harvard University announced the publication of the latest paper to emerge from the IM1...

The Galileo Project at Harvard and the PNG University of Technology formalize collaboration in scientific retrieval and analysis of meteorite fragments CAMBRIDGE, USA/LAE, PAPUA NEW GUINEA — August 21, 2023 — Today Harvard University and the Papua New...

Chemical composition of spherules found along IM1 meteor path “unprecedented in the scientific literature” BOSTON, MA — August 29, 2023 — The Interstellar Expedition of June 2023 — led by the expedition’s Chief Scientist, Harvard University Astrophysicist...

First batch of papers to be printed in upcoming issue of Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation CAMBRIDGE, MA — May 24, 2023 — The Galileo Project at Harvard University today announced the online publication of its first seven scientific papers, to be...

Annual Italian award recognizes scientists engaged in improving public understanding of science CAMBRIDGE, USA/REGGIO CALABRIA, Italy — May 20, 2023 — Today the Scientific Committee and Student Assembly for the Cosmos Award (Premio Cosmos) announced...

Applications are closed for the “Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Galileo Project” with Professor Avi Loeb at Harvard University, head of The Galileo Project. The successful candidate will be engaged with the research program of the Galileo...

The Brinson Foundation awarded a prestigious new postdoctoral fellowship to the Galileo Project, at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian. The three-year fellowship will support an early-career scientist engaged in the Galileo Project, under...