Selected Press Coverage
2024
Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth, Harvard Magazine (April 17, 2024)
A Harvard professor is risking his reputation to search for aliens. Tech tycoons are bankrolling his quest., Business Insider (April 8, 2024)
Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb looks for evidence of extraterrestrial life, attracting attention — and detractors, Boston Globe (February 6, 2024)
Harvard astronomy professor Avi Loeb thinks he has new evidence of alien spacecraft, WGBH Boston (February 5, 2024)
2023
Readers respond: Alien intelligence is surely worth shining a light on, The Guardian (December 1, 2023)
The alien hunter: has Harvard’s Avi Loeb found proof of extraterrestrial life?, The Guardian (November 29, 2023)
Alien-Hunting Scientists Shed New Light on Interstellar Metals Recovered from the Ocean, Vice.com (October 12, 2023)
Interview: Astronomer Avi Loeb talks alien technology and extra-terrestrial intelligence, BBC Sky at Night (September 21, 2023)
Material Found in Ocean Is Not From This Solar System, Study Claims, Science Alert (September 1, 2023)
Metal Plucked From The Pacific Is Beyond Extraterrestrial, Harvard Prof Says, Forbes (August 30, 2023)
Alien hunting scientist says he found something extremely interesting at the bottom of the ocean, Futurism.com (August 29, 2023)
Metallic spheres found on Pacific floor are interstellar in origin, Harvard professor finds, USA Today (August 29, 2023)
This Mainer may one day help Harvard scientists discover evidence of alien life, Bangor Daily News (August 26, 2023)
How a Harvard Professor Became the World’s Leading Alien Hunter, New York Times Magazine (August 24, 2023)
Will disclosure occur before scientists obtain evidence of UAP? (Op-ed by Avi Loeb), The Debrief (August 7, 2023)
Interstellar meteor fragments found? Harvard astronomer's claim sparks debate, criticism, Space.com (July 5, 2023)
I'm a Harvard Astronomer. I Think We Found Interstellar Material, Newsweek (July 5, 2023)
Harvard professor’s search for remains of interstellar object that crashed into ocean concludes — here’s what was found, New York Post (June 27, 2023)
NASA, AARO and the Galileo Project agree on the need for a scientific study of UAP (Op-ed by Avi Loeb), The Debrief (June 2, 2023)
Avi Loeb’s book ‘Extraterrestrial’ wins 2023 Cosmos Award, Harvard Gazette (May 22, 2023)
2022
The Plot to Build the World’s Most Ambitious Alien Detector, The Daily Beast (December 28, 2022)
Contact with ET: How would humanity react?, Space.com (September 26, 2022)
The Solar System could be littered with alien artifacts — even on Earth, Inverse (September 18, 2022)
Alien Artifacts Could Be Hidden Across the Solar System. Here’s how we Could Search for Them., Universe Today (September 13, 2022)
Material from object under Pacific may prove interstellar origins, says Harvard professor, The Times, UK (September 7, 2022)
An astronomer thinks alien tech could be on the ocean floor. Not everyone agrees, NPR All Things Considered (August 31, 2022)
On the trail of unidentified aerial phenomenon: the Galileo Project looks ahead, Space.com (August 23, 2022)
Interstellar meteorite may be awaiting discovery on the sea floor, New Scientist (August 12, 2022)
An interstellar meteor struck Earth in 2014, and now scientists want to search for it at the bottom of the ocean, Phys.org (August 4, 2022)
Project Galileo: The search for alien tech hiding in our Solar System, BBC Science Focus Magazine (April 18, 2022)
Avi Loeb's Galileo Project Reaches for the Stars, The Harvard Crimson (April 14, 2022)
Are we alone? Harvard astronomer Avi Loeb thinks no, ABC Radio National, Australia (March 24, 2022)
Harvard Professor's Plan To Click World's First High-Res Images Of UFO In Two Years, Times of India, India (February 8, 2022)
Alien hunters are two years away from images of objects that are ‘not human-made’, expert says, The Independent, UK (February 7, 2022)
Harvard astronomer says he's building device to capture "high resolution image" of UFO, Futurism.com (February 6, 2022)
‘Something’s coming’: is America finally ready to take UFOs seriously?, The Guardian (February 5, 2022)
2021
Galileo Project: Religion, science and the search for extraterrestrial life, The Hill (September 15, 2021)
Harvard professor launches new project to discover unidentified aerial phenomena, The Boston Globe (July 30, 2021)
Harvard’s Avi Loeb Thinks We Should Study UFOs—and He’s Not Wrong, Scientific American (July 29, 2021)
The Search for Alien Artifacts Begins, Discover Magazine (July 29, 2021)
How the Galileo Project will search the skies for alien technology, Phys.org (July 29, 2021)
A New Plan to Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts at Earth and Across the Solar System, Universe Today (July 28, 2021)
Harvard-Backed ‘Galileo Project’ Will Search for Signs of Alien Technology, Extreme Tech (July 28, 2021)
Harvard's 'Galileo Project' to Solve the Mystery of UFOs, Interstellar Objects, News 18 (July 28, 2021)
Galileo Project: A New Hunt for Alien Objects in the Universe, Inverse (July 27, 2021)
Newly Launched ‘Galileo Project’ Will Hunt for Alien Technologies in Our Midst, Gizmodo (July 27, 2021)
Galileo Project: scientists to search for signs of extraterrestrial technology, The Guardian (July 27, 2021)
‘Are we the smartest kid on our cosmic block?’, Boston Globe (July 27, 2021)
Avi Loeb’s Galileo Project Will Search for Evidence of Alien Visitation, Scientific American (July 27, 2021)
'Galileo Project' will search for evidence of extraterrestrial life from the technology it leaves behind, Space.com (July 26, 2021)
Harvard professor leading research on existence of UFOs and alien civilizations, USA Today (July 26, 2021)
Project launched to look for extraterrestrial visitors to our Solar System, Science (July 26, 2021)
Galileo Project to search cosmos for alien life and UFOs, New York Post (July 26, 2021)
Harvard astronomer revolutionizes search for alien life with new project, Jerusalem Post (July 26, 2021)
Galileo Project: New Initiative To Search For Alien Life Through Their Tech, International Business Times (July 26, 2021)