February 2023 Ask a Physicist - "The Galileo Project Expedition to the First Interstellar Meteor"

Join us for a monthly webinar series, ASK A PHYSICIST, with renowned physicists Paul Davies, Sara Walker and Maulik Parikh from the Beyond Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science at Arizona State University. Each webinar will address a big question in physics and the audience can submit questions ahead of time or during the webinar to add to the discussion! This month, Paul Davies and Sara Walker will be joined by guest presenter Avi Loeb the Frank B. Baird, Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University.

February's webinar: "The Galileo Project Expedition to the First Interstellar Meteor"

The recent discovery of large interstellar objects in the solar system looks set to transform our understanding of humanity’s place in the universe. Recently, we discovered the first interstellar meteor whose fireball was detected above the ocean near Papua New Guinea. I shall shortly be leading an expedition to recover any surviving fragments. The expedition is sponsored by private donations to the Galileo Project which aims to identify extraterrestrial technological artifacts."