Welcome to another episode of Paranormal Optimist! Today’s episode is a deep dive into a specific case which caused a lot of drama in the scientific community. What would happen if we found proof of extraterrestrial life? Would we even recognize it, if we did?
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Sources Cited in Today’s Episode:
Loeb, A. (2021). Extraterrestrial: The first sign of Intelligent life beyond earth. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Harvard University. (n.d.). Avi Loeb. https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/avi-loeb
Pultarova, T. (2023, March 22). Sorry, E.T. fans: Interstellar visitor ’Oumuamua isn’t an alien spacecraft. it’s just passing gas. Space. https://www.space.com/interstellar-object-oumuamua-acceleration-hydrogen-outgassing
Powell, C. S. (2023, May 18). ’Oumumamua and the search for life in the universe. Astronomy . https://www.astronomy.com/science/oumumamua-and-the-search-for-life-in-the-universe/
NASA. (2024, December 5). ’OUMUAMUA. NASA Science. https://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/comets/oumuamua/
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