News & Updates
Research developments, observatory milestones and project updates.
New paper on chemical classification of IM1 spherules published in Chemical Geology
Expedition team lead by Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb uncovers unprecedented materials from impact site of 2014 interstellar object
Richard King Mellon Foundation awards $575,000 to Galileo Project
Generous grant from Richard King Mellon Foundation to fund establishment and operation of a third instrument station in Pennsylvania
Peak-Brightness Localization of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) Fireball
In a recent preprint, Fernando et al. (2024) used public data from infrasound stations to constrain the localization of the fireball of the CNEOS 2014-01-08 (IM1) bolide.
Interstellar meteors may have formed from extreme tidal disruption events
New paper proposes violent beginnings for high-velocity interstellar meteors such as IM1
Memorandum of Understanding between the University of Technology (Unitech) in Papua New-Guinea and Harvard University
The Galileo Project at Harvard and the PNG University of Technology formalize collaboration in scientific retrieval and analysis of meteorite fragments
Spherule analysis finds evidence of extrasolar composition
Chemical composition of spherules found along IM1 meteor path “unprecedented in the scientific literature”
Galileo Project publishes first peer-reviewed scientific papers in JAI
First batch of papers to be printed in upcoming issue of Journal of Astronomical Instrumentation
Avi Loeb’s Extraterrestrial wins 2023 Cosmos Award
Annual Italian award recognizes scientists engaged in improving public understanding of science
The Application portal for the “Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Galileo Project” is closed!
Applications are closed for the “Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Galileo Project” with Professor Avi Loeb at Harvard University, head of The Galileo Project.
Brinson Prize Postdoctoral Fellowship for the Galileo Project
The Brinson Foundation awarded a prestigious new postdoctoral fellowship to the Galileo Project, at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.
Laura Domine from Stanford University receives Keto-Galileo Postdoctoral Fellowship
It is my great pleasure to report that Laura Domine from Stanford University has accepted our offer of the first Keto-Galileo postdoctoral fellowship.
The Silence of Snow
"The Silence of Snow", by Avi Loeb, Head of the Galileo Project