Avi Loeb: Extraterrestrial Life: Are We the Sharpest Cookies in the Jar?

Dr. Loeb is an Israeli-American theoretical physicist, with broad interests in the fields of astrophysics and cosmology. He has worked on the formation and evolution of black holes, the first generation of stars in the universe and the epoch of reionization, as well as high-redshift gamma-ray bursts. The proposed direct measurement method of the acceleration/deceleration of the universe by using the Lyman-alpha forest carries his name, the “Sandage-Loeb test”. He is worldwide known for a large number of studies and predictions - often pioneering and provocative, including the intuition that exoplanets could be detected via gravitational microlensing and that interstellar meteors could impact Earth - and for his commitment in the search for extraterrestrial life. He also coined the concept of the "habitable epoch of the early universe". In the past few years his name has been linked to ‘Oumuamua, the first known interstellar object passing through the Solar System, as he conjectured about its possible artificial, extraterrestrial origin. Dr. Loeb is chairing various advisory committees, and is the science theory director for the Breakthrough Initiatives.

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[1:21:00] - beginning of the Q&A

Spanish version:    • Avi Loeb: Vida extraterrestre: ¿Realm...  

The panel of our 'Golden Webinar' consisted of:
• Avi Loeb – speaker
• Patricio Gonzalez ([email protected]) – Interpreter
• Thomas H. Puzia – co-host, faculty at IA
• Demetra De Cicco – co-host, postdoctoral fellow at IA
• Felipe Barrientos – Director of the Institute of Astrophysics (IA)
• Elizabeth Artur de la Villarmois – postdoc at IA
• Paula Ronco – postdoc at IA
• Giuseppe D'Ago – postdoc at IA
• Sara Seager – Class of 1941 Professor of Planetary Science, Physics, and Aerospace Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• Jill Tarter – Chair Emeritus for SETI Research at the SETI Institute
• John Blakeslee – Director for Science at Gemini Observatory
• Paul Hoyningen-Huene – Professor of Philosophy in Institute of Philosophy at the Leibniz University Hannover, Germany, and Lecturer at the Department of Economics at Universität Zürich
• Steven Beckwith – Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Space Sciences Laboratory at the University of California, Berkeley
• Dietrich Baade – Astronomer at the European Southern Observatory in Garching
• Ricardo Acevedo – Q&A manager, outreach team IA

The 'Golden Webinars in Astrophysics' series seeks to bring forefront research in astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology to the public in the English and Spanish language. Full schedule of the Golden Webinars series: http://tiny.cc/GWA-schedule

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Avi Loeb's book:
'Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth': https://www.amazon.com/Extraterrestri...