The Latest from the BHI
Read: BHI Director, Avi Loeb, has been featured in numerous news outlets about ‘Oumuamua.
Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/12/12/is-this-visitor-from-beyond-our-solar-system-an-asteroid-or-a-sign-of-life/?utm_term=.8b8d87276e31 Huffington Post https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/asteroid-alien-technology_us_5a2f41c3e4b0789502831189 Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/alien-probe-or-galactic-driftwood-seti-tunes-in-to-oumuamua/ Boston Globehttp://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/12/13/mysterious-interstellar-object-scanned-for-radio-transmissions-signs-alien-life/9ZQcQ5f1Jw3BS79bABBSxL/story.html
Read MoreThe BHI community mourns the loss of Jeffrey McClintock
A message from the Director of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Charles Alcock: Dear Colleagues: I am sad to report that our colleague and friend Jeff McClintock passed away on Wednesday, November 8th. He was 75 years old. Jeff was raised in Port Orchard, WA, where he developed his lifelong passion for astrophysics. He built […]
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Read: Harvard Crimson article, “Breakthrough Starshot” featuring BHI Director, Avi Loeb.
Read the article here: Harvard Crimson: “Breakthrough Starshot“
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The BHI would like to congratulate Peter Galison for winning the American Physical Society’s 2018 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics.
A message from BHI Director, Avi Loeb: It gives me great pleasure to report that our BHI colleague, Peter Galison, won the “2018 Abraham Pais Prize for History of Physics” of the American Physical Society. The citation of the award reads: “for outstanding contributions to the history of physics, especially for elucidating the complicated roles of experiment, instrumentation, […]
Read MoreWatch: Avi Loeb sat for a question and answer session titled, “Extraterrestrial Contact and Black Holes” at Hive To Thrive at The Alchemist’s Kitchen in New York City
Cosmic Modesty – A talk with Avi Loeb from Michael Tosner on Vimeo.
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Read: BHI Director Avi Loeb’s article on reddots.space, “Is there life around the nearest stars?”
Red Dots: Is there life around the nearest stars?
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Read: BHI Director Avi Loeb’s latest article in Scientific American, “Ravenous Supermassive Black Holes May Sterilize Nearby Planets.”
Scientific American: “Ravenous Supermassive Black Holes May Sterilize Nearby Planets“
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Read: BHI Senior Faculty Ramesh Narayan’s article, “Do Stars Fall Quietly into Black Holes, or Crash into Something Utterly Unknown?”
Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics website: “Do Stars Fall Quietly into Black Holes, or Crash into Something Utterly Unknown?“
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Read: BHI Senior Faculty Shing-Tung Yau’s article in Nature, “Evolutionary dynamics on any population structure.”
Research Paper:Nature: “Evolutionary dynamics on any population structure” (PDF) News Coverage:Harvard Gazette: “Where Cooperation Thrives“
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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 […]
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Peter Galison’s “Containment” premieres on PBS, January 9, 2017 at 10pm
Synopsis:Can we contain some of the deadliest, most long-lasting substances ever produced? Left over from the Cold War are a hundred million gallons of radioactive sludge, covering vast radioactive lands. Governments around the world, desperate to protect future generations, have begun imagining society 10,000 years from now in order to create monuments that will speak […]
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