At the same time new technology began helping thousands of fans inside the Sphere re-experience Dorothy dreaming of another world, new technology on top of the Sphere began tracking objects that might actually be from one. The Galileo Observatory currently tracks UFOs from the highest point of the Las Vegas Sphere. (Image: Alex Delacroix, Lily Kuan and Ezra Kelderman/ Galileo Research Team) The Galileo Observatory — designed by Avi Loeb, the Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics — is built to detect and track aerial phenomena in the night sky that shouldn’t be moving. Harvard professor Avi Loeb stands between the outer wall of the Sphere’s interior and its “Exosphere.” Loeb climbed to the top of the Sphere (from the inside!!) to see the completed observatory. (Image: Loeb Photo Collection) In other words, Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAPs) — the artists formerly known as UFOs. Galileo employs ultra–high-resolution optical and infrared cameras to identify candidate…Read MoreCategory: Entertainment, Las VegasSource: Casino.org