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·5 hours ago--1--1
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·2 days ago--3--3
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·5 days ago--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·5 days ago--19--19
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
Avi LoebSmoke and Mirrors Versus Signatures of Extraterrestrial LifeThe exoplanet K2–18b is in the habitable zone of the red dwarf star K2–18, at a distance of 124 light-years away from Earth. The planet’s…4 min read·Apr 30, 2024--7--7
Avi LoebDo Magnetic Monopoles Exist?The elegant equations of classical electromagnetism written by James Clark Maxwell in 1861 display a remarkable symmetry between electric…4 min read·Apr 30, 2024--8--8
Avi LoebFact-Based AI as a Tool for EducationMy biggest concern about Gen Z is that it tends to learn history from social media platforms like Facebook, YouTube, Instagram or Tik Tok…4 min read·Apr 28, 2024--1--1
Avi LoebOn Negative Mass, Time Travel and AliensIn 1957, the astrophysicist Herman Bondi wrote a paper in which he considered the possible existence of a negative mass in Albert…5 min read·Apr 27, 2024--25--25