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Extraterrestrial: The First Sign of Intelligent Life Beyond Earth
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Harvard's top astronomer lays out his controversial theory that our solar system was recently visited by advanced alien technology from a distant star. In late 2017, scientists at a Hawaiian observatory glimpsed an object soaring through our inner solar system, moving so quickly that it could only have come from another star. Avi Loeb, Harvard's top astronomer, showed it was not an asteroid; it was moving too fast along a strange orbit, and left no trail of gas or debris in its wake. There was only one conceivable explanation: the object was a piece of advanced technology created by a distant alien civilization. In Extraterrestrial, Loeb takes readers inside the thrilling story of the first interstellar visitor to be spotted in our solar system. He outlines his controversial theory and its profound implications: for science, for religion, and for the future of our species and our planet. A mind-bending journey through the furthest reaches of science, space-time, and the human imagination, Extraterrestrial challenges readers to aim for the stars—and to think critically about what's out there, no matter how strange it seems.
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"While his advice on how to find inhabited exoplanets is often ingenious, less cogent is his attack on astronomical orthodoxy, which he considers too dismissive of research into extraterrestrial intelligence ..."
"It's hard to argue with the author's claim that it's the 'height of arrogance to contend that we are unique,' and he even speculates that life on Earth may be of Martian or interstellar origin ..."
"part graceful memoir and part plea for keeping an open mind about the possibilities of what is out there in the universe — in particular, life ..."
"[Loeb] offers strong evidence to support this conclusion, but perhaps more valuable is how he uses this as a jumping-off point for much broader musings on the state of science ..."
"Like an astronomical Sherlock Holmes, a character often invoked in the book, Loeb concludes that 'the simplest explanation for these peculiarities is that the object was created by an intelligent civilization not of this Earth.' You don't have to share his conviction to be impressed by the breadth of his argument ..."
"Perhaps with time 'Oumuamua will turn out to be the most important anomaly in the history of science."
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