Avi Loeb
New Study Proposes how a Black Hole in Orbit Around a Planet Could be a Sign of an Advanced Civilization.
In 1971, English mathematical physicist and Nobel-prize winner Roger Penrose proposed how energy could be extracted from a rotating black…
Space Junk is Going to be a Problem for Vera Rubin
The Vera Rubin Observatory (VRO) is different than other large telescopes, and that difference makes it more vulnerable to space…
A Few Interstellar Objects Have Probably Been Captured
When Oumuamua travelled through our Solar System back in 2017, people around the world paid attention. It was the first…
Not Saying it was Aliens, but ‘Oumuamua Probably Wasn’t a Nitrogen Iceberg…
In a recent paper, Amir Siraj and Prof. Loeb show that the "nitrogen iceberg" theory cannot explain the mysterious nature…
Could our Universe be Someone’s Chemistry Project?
According to a new op-ed by Harvard Prof. Avi Loeb, our Universe may have been created by an advanced civilization,…
We’ll Have to Wait About 3,000 Years for a Reply From Intelligent Civilizations
According to a new study by Harvard Professor Loeb and Amir Siraj, it would around 3000 years to hear a…
A New Plan to Search for Extraterrestrial Artifacts at Earth and Across the Solar System
Professor Avi Loeb has announced a new project that will search for 'Oumuamua-like objects in our Solar System, which could…
A Review of “Extraterrestrial” by Prof. Avi Loeb
Professor Avi Loeb's new book, Extraterrestrial, tells the tale of how he 'Oumuamua may be humanity's first interstellar messenger.
What Are Fast Radio Bursts?
Here's a big mystery in astronomy: fast radio bursts. Brief shrieks of radio waves coming from space. What are they?…