The search for extraterrestrial life and the meaning of the stars with Avi Loeb

Today’s episode is about the search for extraterrestrial life with Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird, Jr., Professor of Science at Harvard University and a bestselling author, in NYT, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and more. He is the author of the book “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” and the book Interstellar. Avi is the Director of the Institute for Theory and Computation (2007-present) within the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, and also serves as the Head of the Galileo Project (2021-present). He had been the longest-serving Chair of Harvard's Department of Astronomy (2011-2020) and the Founding Director of Harvard's Black Hole Initiative (2016-2021). We talk about the following and so much more: ✅ How the first stars and galaxies formed, and how are human beings made up of the “stars”? ✅ Why he wrote “Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth” ✅ His definition of “alien”, and whether they have visited us. ✅ `Oumuamua’, what it means, and what conclusions he has made from it ✅ Why he feels that this is important to know and understand ✅ His findings about the meteor that crashed in the southwestern Pacific Ocean nearly a decade ago and why he believes it might be an alien spacecraft ✅ Some of the research he has observed in his latest book, Interstellar? I'd like to thank our sponsor, Halo Eclipse Sunglasses www.haloeclipse.com. HALO created the most stylish and safe viewing glasses for the upcoming solar eclipses in October 2023, April 2024, and beyond. HALO is offering our listeners 20% off using the code Awakening20. The last eclipse, HALO sold out early so make sure to place your orders soon. If you’d like to join the waitlist for my next coaching program, sign up here: https://www.yasmeenturayhi.com/gateways-to-awakening/. Please tag us and tell us what you loved! You can follow @Gateways_To_Awakening on Instagram or Facebook if you’d like to stay connected.