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EPISODE · Dec 9, 2025 · 15 MIN

Are Fast Radio Bursts Signs Of Intelligent Life? Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb

from John Michael Godier's Event Horizon · host John Michael Godier

Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs are blasts of radio energy that hit Earth from outside the milky way galaxy, lasting only milliseconds before they disappear. Dr. Avi Loeb of Harvard University and Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discusses the possibility that they could be leakage from highly powerful lasers pushing on light sails or other signs of advanced extraterrestrial intelligence. As well as the interstellar object known as Oumuamua and if it is a solar sail or alien probe. Avi Loeb also discusses what are the most dangerous and immediate threats to life on earth from space, asteroid collisions, solar flares including the carrington event, and black holes."COULD SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE EXPLAIN ‘OUMUAMUA’S PECULIAR ACCELERATION?", Bialy and Loeb, 2018https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf7 explanations for why mysterious radio bursts are coming from space:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2183047-7-explanations-for-why-mysterious-radio-bursts-are-coming-from-space/Is 'Oumuamua a Light Sail? Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/VlpVIyBCG3sWhy The Universe May Be Full Of Alien Civilizations Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/6ckgBxRASToWebsite:https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/You can now support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShowFollow us on Twitter!https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizon

Fast Radio Bursts, or FRBs are blasts of radio energy that hit Earth from outside the milky way galaxy, lasting only milliseconds before they disappear. Dr. Avi Loeb of Harvard University and Harvard Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics discusses the possibility that they could be leakage from highly powerful lasers pushing on light sails or other signs of advanced extraterrestrial intelligence. As well as the interstellar object known as Oumuamua and if it is a solar sail or alien probe. Avi Loeb also discusses what are the most dangerous and immediate threats to life on earth from space, asteroid collisions, solar flares including the carrington event, and black holes."COULD SOLAR RADIATION PRESSURE EXPLAIN ‘OUMUAMUA’S PECULIAR ACCELERATION?", Bialy and Loeb, 2018https://arxiv.org/pdf/1810.11490.pdf7 explanations for why mysterious radio bursts are coming from space:https://www.newscientist.com/article/2183047-7-explanations-for-why-mysterious-radio-bursts-are-coming-from-space/Is 'Oumuamua a Light Sail? Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/VlpVIyBCG3sWhy The Universe May Be Full Of Alien Civilizations Featuring Dr. Avi Loeb: https://youtu.be/6ckgBxRASToWebsite:https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/You can now support us on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShowFollow us on Twitter!https://twitter.com/jmgeventhorizon

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