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Podcast: Richard Syrett's Strange Planet
Episode: 1182 Dr. Avi Loeb on the Hunt for ‘Oumuamua’s Truth
Description: 1182 Dr. Avi Loeb on the Hunt for ‘Oumuamua’s TruthIn this electrifying episode of Strange Planet, Richard plunges into the cosmic abyss with Dr. Avi Loeb, Harvard’s fearless astrophysicist who dared to call ‘Oumuamua—our solar system’s cigar-shaped intruder—an alien probe. While skeptics scoffed, Loeb doubled down, launching the Galileo Project to hunt for extraterrestrial relics in our skies, seas, and beyond. With UAPs now a government-confirmed mystery, his radical ideas feel eerily prescient. Was ‘Oumuamua a scout from a civilization long gone, or a silent sentinel still watching? Could ancient probes l...