7 papers
A Framework for Applying the Loeb-Turner -Slope Test to Archival Photometry of Trans-Neptunian Objects
Omer Eldadi, Abraham Loeb
Reflected sunlight from a solar-system body produces a flux at Earth that scales as the heliocentric distance to the negative fourth power, whereas self-luminous emission scales as…
From Anomaly to Candidate Technosignature: The Threshold Problem of the Loeb Scale
Konrad Szocik, Abraham Loeb
Recent work on the Loeb Scale has provided astronomy a structured framework for assessing anomalous interstellar objects, including a quantitative mapping of a classification ranki…
Surveys on the Existence of Extraterrestrial Intelligent Life and Effects of Revealing Expert Consensus
Omer Eldadi, Gershon Tenenbaum, Abraham Loeb
Vickers et al. (2025) established that 58.20% of astrobiology experts believe intelligent extraterrestrial life likely exists, providing the first empirical baseline for public com…
Advancing Interstellar Science: A Global Framework for Comprehensive Study of Interstellar Objects
Omer Eldadi, Gershon Tenenbaum, Abraham Loeb
The operation of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) marks a transformative moment in humanity's capacity to detect and characterize interstellar…
The Adaptive Communication Framework (ACF) for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Discovery
Omer Eldadi, Gershon Tenenbaum, Abraham Loeb
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory's Legacy Survey of Space and Time will increase interstellar object detection rates to one every few months, substantially elevating the probability o…
The Loeb Scale: Astronomical Classification of Interstellar Objects
Omer Eldadi, Gershon Tenenbaum, Abraham Loeb
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is expected to increase interstellar object (ISO) detections from a few over the past decade to potentially one per few months, demanding a systematic…