Avi LoebFor the Love of the UnfamiliarWhen I arrived at Nashville, Tennessee, the captivating sounds and sights were unfamiliar to me. There was no virtue signaling on banners…5 min read·16 hours ago--2--2
Avi LoebWhat Does It Mean to Be Intelligent?There are many good reasons for imagining a higher level of intelligence than we possess. The examples below suggest that our natural…4 min read·2 days ago--11--11
Avi LoebThe Colorful Mass Loss of the SunOver the past week, the sky over Boston lit up in beautiful aurora colors as a result of the excitation of atomic oxygen (red and green)…4 min read·3 days ago--5--5
Avi LoebElon Musk’s Uncertainty About Aliens Can Be Resolved by the Scientific MethodA reporter brought to my attention a compilation of recent statements from Elon Musk on the subject of aliens. They included a social media…5 min read·6 days ago--12--12
Avi LoebGoing Against the WindOver the past two days, I hosted a conference at Harvard, “To Our Cosmic Horizon and Beyond,” which celebrated 20 years of the Institute…6 min read·May 11, 2024--7--7
Avi LoebIs the Observed Jitter of the Sun Induced by Asteroids and Not Gravitational Waves?I woke up at 2AM last night with a new scientific idea and cold sweat on my forehead. What if the detection of a gravitational wave…4 min read·May 9, 2024--5--5
Avi LoebThree Paradigm Shifts About Rocks: Ridicules Which Turned Into Cherished Scientific TruthsJohn Lennon’s song `Imagine’ ends with the words: “I hope someday you’ll join us/And the world will live as one”. In fact, science tells us…8 min read·May 6, 2024--6--6
Avi LoebA Free Ride Away from EarthIf you are fed up, like many of us, with the depressing news around the world and want to escape from Earth, preferably faster than light…4 min read·May 5, 2024--20--20
Avi LoebThe Nearest Black Hole to EarthRecently, the Gaia collaboration discovered the most massive black hole that originated from the collapse of a star in the Milky Way…4 min read·May 4, 2024--2--2
Avi LoebDid an Interstellar Gardener Seed Earth with Aerobic Bacteria?Over the past decade, astronomers discovered near-Earth the first large objects from outside the Solar system. These so-called interstellar…5 min read·May 2, 2024--17--17