Harvard Professor Avi Loeb on Signs of Life Beyond Earth

Loeb is on a mission to answer the question: are we alone in the universe?

Baird Jr. professor of science Avi Loeb explains meteorites, interstellar objects, and his ocean expedition to find materials left over from a meteorite in the Pacific Ocean. 

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