John Michael Godier's Event Horizon

Is 3i/ATLAS Really a Comet? And The Metallic Asteroid MysteryMy Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Papers:"LIKELY TRANSITING EXOCOMETS DETECTED BY KEPLER" Rappaport et al., 2017https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.06069Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license....

An exploration into the concept that instead of a ninth undiscovered planet lurking in the outer solar system there may be a primordial black hole. Jakub Scholtz and James Unwin join John Michael Godier to discuss their recent paper What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole? And the implications that could mean. "What if Planet 9 is a Primordial Black Hole?", Scholtz and Unwin, 2019. h...

In 2015, the story of Tabby’s Star, named after discoverer Dr. Tabetha Boyajian, captivated the science news cycle for months with one idea being that the dimming and dipping of the star could be be of an alien civilization building a dyson sphere or constructing a dyson swarm. Up until recently, Tabby's star was so far the only known star to show such unusual slow dimming. Dr. Edward Schmidt...

What are some of the currently unanswered questions about space. The unknown objects in space, such as. What is beyond the event horizon of a black hole? Does Planet nine exist? What is planet nine’s orbit? Is planet nine a black hole? And what is the answer to the Fermi paradox? As well as if comet borisov and other interstellar objects could be examples of planet nine. Dr. Becky joined John Mich...

An exploration of ten neglected but very odd moons in the solar system. Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)Source: http://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Artist: http://chriszabriskie.com/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creative...

The Deepening Mystery of the Interstellar Object 3i-ATLAS and the Vera Rubin ObservatoryMy Patreon Page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Papers:"X-SHOOTER Spectrum of Comet C/2025 N1: Insights into a DistantInterstellar Visitor", Candal et al, 2025https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507.07312"Snapshot of a new interstellar...

Origins of Life: Protocells can form on MicrometeoritesMy Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Papers:"Perspective: Protocells and the Path to Minimal Life', Deamer et al, 2024https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00239-024-10197-6Dr. David Deamer Interview:https://youtu.be/3lJ_VFkKiqg?si=rk-x2EL2nKTmbhgC&qu...

Interstellar Comet 3i/Atlas Updates and Intercepting it from MarsMy Patreon Page:https://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshowPapers:"Is the Interstellar Object 3I/ATLAS Alien Technology?" Hibberd et al., 2025https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.12213"Assessing interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and...

UFO/UAP Close Technosignatures New Information on the Palomar TransientsMy Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Past interviews with Dr. Villaroel:https://youtu.be/8rNoxgdz8RQ?si=VkkBtri2XkRaQXeZPapers:"On the Image Profiles of Transients in the Palomar SkySurvey" Villaroel et al, 2025https://arxiv.org/pdf/2507....

3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system, and the James Webb Space Telescope has now revealed details on it's chemistry and composition. Using Webb’s powerful infrared instruments, scientists detected the molecules and ices in its coma and tail, offering the most detailed look yet at the chemistry of an interstellar comet. In this interview, John Michael...

3i/ATLAS Interstellar Object Update for September 5, 2025My Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music:Intermission in D by Miguel Johnsonhttps://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: ht...

10 Interesting Scientific Discoveries for September of 2025.My Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: https://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie...

In this episode of Event Horizon, John Michael Godier speaks with John Gertz, philanthropist, author, and longtime SETI supporter, about his new book Reinventing SETI. Gertz argues that the traditional search for extraterrestrial intelligence must evolve, offering new strategies for detecting technosignatures, interstellar probes, and communication across the stars. From rethinking the so-called “...

3i/ATLAS Interstellar Comet Update for September 22, 2025.My Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Music:Cylinder Eight by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Source: https://chriszabriskie.com/cylinders/Cylinder Five by Chris Zabriskie i...

A Potential New Indicator of Life on Mars. The new discovery from Perseverance on Mars, the Sapphire Canyon Sample that may be the best indicator of past life on Mars we have yet seen. My Patreonhttps://www.patreon.com/johnmichaelgodierMy Event Horizon Channel:https://www.youtube.com/eventhorizonshow Papers:''Redox-driven mineral and organic associations in Jezero Crater, Mars", Hurow...

3I/ATLAS is the newest interstellar object racing through our solar system, and its unusual trajectory raises profound questions about how such visitors form and evolve. In this interview with John Michael Godier, Avi Loeb discusses what makes 3I/ATLAS so puzzling, and how it compares to ‘Oumuamua and Borisov.00:00 – Introduction and overview of interstellar objects04:00 – The discovery of 3I/ATLA...

3I/ATLAS, the newly discovered mysterious interstellar object is making its way through the solar system and spacecraft already in flight may be our only chance to gather critical data before it slips behind the Sun.3I/ATLAS is only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system. In this Event Horizon bonus episode, John Michael Godier speaks with Marshall Eubanks, lead autho...

John Michael Godier speaks with Dr. Jacob Haqq-Misra and Dr. George Profitiliotis to explore the longevity of civilizations and the plausibility of detecting alien technospheres across the galaxy. They discuss collapse dynamics, chemical environments, and what makes a civilization detectable, or invisible, from light-years away.0:00 Introduction – Falling into Event Horizon with John Michael Godie...

Dr. David Kipping joins John Michael Godier to unpack T.A.R.S., a solar-powered, spin-driven sail that leverages radiometer-like physics and a spinning dipole to accelerate lightweight probes and generate magnetic fields. They also explore relay networks for deep-space communications, science in the interstellar medium, and a bold Jupiter “atmospheric lens” concept to boost signals—plus implicatio...

New evidence for UAP-related data has emerged from high-sigma detections of transients that vanish in Earth’s shadow, raising compelling questions about their origin. In this episode of Event Horizon, John Michael Godier speaks with Dr. Beatriz Villarroel, lead scientist of the VASCO Project, about the search for stars and objects that mysteriously disappear from the night sky. They explore the pr...

Exploring new observations of the interstellar object 3I/ATLAS, with new data from the Vera Rubin Observatory and the Hubble Space Telescope. Darryl Seligman joins John Michael Godier to explore the interstellar object's origins, its unique properties, and the unprecedented observational efforts now underway.0:00 Introduction to Event Horizon with John Michael Godier4:05 Initial Observations o...

Could alien probes already be watching us from inside our own solar system? John Michael Godier speaks with John Gertz, former chairman of the SETI Institute, about why extraterrestrial civilizations may send robotic probes rather than radio signals, and whether such objects could already be hidden among asteroids, orbiting the Sun, or even closer to Earth. The discussion explores Gertz’s new book...

In a landmark announcement, NASA revealed that the Perseverance rover has discovered a potential biosignature in a rock sample named “Sapphire Canyon” from Cheyava Falls, in the Bright Angel formation in Jezero Crater—collected in July 2024. The sample’s sedimentary rocks, rich in organic carbon, sulfur, oxidized iron, and phosphorus, along with newly identified “leopard spots” made of vivianite a...

In this episode of Event Horizon, John Michael Godier is joined by Dan Hendrycks, director of the Center for AI Safety and one of the leading voices in artificial intelligence risk research. Together, they explore the growing concern that advanced AI systems may already possess the capacity for deception, manipulation, and even self-directed escape from containment. Links:https://safe.ai/actnewsle...

Astronomers have just confirmed 3I/ATLAS as only the third known interstellar object to pass through our solar system after ʻOumuamua and Borisov. In this episode, Aster Taylor and Tess Frincke break down the first observational data of 3I/ATLAS, its hyperbolic orbit, icy coma, and potential close approach near Mars and the Sun this October. 0:01 Introduction to Event Horizon with John Michael God...