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A Sermon about Extraterrestrials
The discovery of equipment from extraterrestrial civilizations will have a profound impact on humanity. The newly announced Galileo Project will search for such relics near Earth. How could it change us? During the Jewish High-Holidays, Rob Dobrusin, an...
The ‘Adults in the Room’ Could Be Scientists
The Galileo Project provides closure to those frustrating conversations in my youth, where the adults in the room pretended to know much more than they actually did. The most vivid experience from my childhood is long dinner conversations during which I...
Looking for Interstellar Monuments
An ancient civilization from a distant star could have created immortal machines to roam the Milky Way and keep its legacy alive. Read the full article at Scientific American.
To Look or Not to Look? That Is the Question
The search for technological relics of extraterrestrial civilizations will inspire the public and attract talent to the field of astronomy Read the full article by Avi Loeb at Scientific American.
The Solar System’s Oort Cloud May Harbor an Astonishing Number of Objects from Other Stars
Contrary to what we’ve long assumed, this reservoir of comets surrounding the solar system may have more visitors than permanent residents Read the full article by Amir Siraj at Scientific American.
When Will We Hear from Extraterrestrials?
We have been carelessly leaking radio waves into space for 126 years without thinking about the consequences. If there is a neighboring civilization with sensitive radio telescopes within a hundred light years, they might already know about us. How...
To Understand UAP, We Need Megapixel Imagery
If any of them represent advanced technology, high-resolution photographs might tell us whether they’re metaphorically labeled “Made in China” or “Made on Exoplanet X” Read the full article by Avi Loeb at Scientific American.
Announcing a New Plan for Solving the Mystery of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena
The newly organized Galileo Project will use a three-pronged approach to replace unreliable eyewitness reports with reproducible scientific observations. Read the full article by Professor Avi Loeb at Scientific American.
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New paper on chemical classification of IM1 spherules published in Chemical Geology
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...
Richard King Mellon Foundation awards $575,000 to Galileo Project
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...
Peak-Brightness Localization of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) Fireball
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...
Interstellar meteors may have formed from extreme tidal disruption events
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...
Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Technology (Unitech) in Papua New-Guinea and Harvard University
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...
Spherule analysis finds evidence of extrasolar composition
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...
Galileo Project publishes first peer-reviewed scientific papers in JAI
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...
Avi Loeb’s Extraterrestrial wins 2023 Cosmos Award
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...
