Galileo Project: From Anecdotes to Transparent Science in the Search for Extraterrestrial Technologies
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Led by Avi Loeb at Harvard and funded by donors and grants like the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Galileo Project aims to move the search for extraterrestrial technology from anecdotes to transparent science by studying physical objects rather than electromagnetic signals, including expeditions to the 2014 interstellar object IM1 and analysis of materials such as IM1 spherules, expanding instrumentation with a third station in Pennsylvania, using public infrasound data to constrain locations, and emphasizing robust methods, uncertainty awareness, and public collaboration.