Extraterrestrial life: are we the sharpest cookies in the jar?

TYPEScientific Discoveries
Speaker:Prof. Avraham Loeb
Affiliation:Harvard -Smithsonian center for astrophysics
Organizer:Physics faculty
Date:26.04.2021
Time:12:30 - 14:30
LocationFacebook Live
Website:https://www.facebook.com/events/910230536407923
Abstract:
  • The search for extraterrestrial life is one of the most exciting frontiers in Astronomy
  • The weird interstellar object 'Oumuamua may be a technological relic from another civilization
  • Our civilization will mature once we find out who resides on our cosmic street by searching with our best telescopes for unusual electromagnetic flashes, industrial pollution of planetary atmospheres, artificial light or heat, artificial space debris or something completely unexpected.