Harvard professor Avi Loeb on whether aliens sent a mysterious comet to Earth, and why we should keep an open mind

Published: Jan. 29, 2021, 5:10 a.m.

Astrophysicist and Harvard University professor Avi Loeb makes the case for why he thinks aliens were behind a giant cigar-shaped object that passed by our planet in 2017 — and what he makes of the skepticism from fellow scientists.