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Read: BHI Director Avi Loeb’s paper examining the possible origins of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is featured in numerous media outlets.

Research Paper:
The Astrophysical Journal Letters: “Fast Radio Bursts from Extragalactic Light Sails” (PDF)

News Coverage:
Huffignton Post: “Harvard Scientists Say Aliens May Be Using Giant Radio Beams to Travel The Cosmos”

The Economist: “Strange signals from the sky may be signs of aliens”

WBUR, Radio Boston (audio): “Harvard Astronomer: Space Radio Bursts Could Be Signs of Alien Ships”

The Washington Post: “Harvard theorists: How sailing aliens could have caused fast radio bursts”

The Telegraph: “Mysterious flashes could be alien spacecraft at work, Harvard scientists say”

BBC Radio 4 (audio): “Are alien spacecraft causing mysterious flashes?”

Join us for the 7th Annual Black Hole Initiative Conference.

May 29-31, 2024

Gutman Conference Center, Cambridge, MA USA

Crossing the horizons of Black Hole Studies from the perspective of Astrophysics, Physics, Mathematics, Philosophy, and History of Science. Featuring: Adam Levine, Alex Maloney, Ana-Maria Raclariu, Ben Freivogel, Bernard Carr, Chiara Mingarelli, Dennis Overbye, Emily Liepold, Hong Liu, Jamee Elder, John Mather, Julian Sonner, Kimberly Arcand, Manus Visser, Mina Himwich, Niels Martens, Phil Hopkins, Rafaella Margutti, Sara Issaoun, Stefan Hollands, Surya Raghavendran, Thomas Ryckman, Tiziana di Matteo, Yambe Tam, and Robert Wald