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Harvard astronomer argues that alien vessel paid us a visit

Avi Loeb's credentials as longest-serving chair of astronomy at Harvard 7 collaboration with Stephen Hawking, make his alien stories plausible

Discovering there is intelligent life beyond our planet could be the most transformative event in human history — but what if scientists decided to collectively ignore evidence suggesting it already happened? That is the premise of a new book by a top astronomer, who argues that the simplest and best explanation for the highly unusual characteristics of an interstellar object that sped through the solar system in 2017 is that it was alien technology. Sound kooky? Avi Loeb said the evidence holds otherwise, and is convinced that his peers in the scientific community are so consumed by groupth...

16.09 5 Feb 2021 Dr. Avi Loeb, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, joined Sean on the show.

Science for just $15 USD. Summary In the introduction of his sixth book, Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth, Avi Loeb, chair of the Harvard Department of Astronomy, acknowledges the elephant in the room: "In the spirit of transparency, know that some scientists find my hypothesis unfashionable, outside of mainstream science, even dangerously ill conceived. But the most egregious error we can make, I believe, is not to take this possibility seriously enough." The provocative possibility he refers to is that an interstellar object known as 'Oumuamua (Hawaiian for...