Scientists devised a new message in hopes of communicating with alien lifeforms. It was stated that the message, which will take thousands of years to reach its goal, contains various information for the aliens to understand people.
outside the world life It is one of the most curious questions of mankind since ancient times, when people were first noticed that there are celestial bodies other than Earth in the sky. In order to definitively understand whether we are alone in the infinite universe, scientists continue their work without interruption.
One of these studies is to show a possible living form in distant lands that there is another intelligent life form on the planet Earth. messages sent to space stands out as. Now scientists are responding to these messages that have been sent many times before. a new one He thinks it’s time to add more.
It will take thousands of years for the message to reach its destination.
Scientists are looking for intelligent extraterrestrials that may be in space. a new message He states that they are preparing and waiting for the necessary feedback to send the message.
But the technology needed to send this message isn’t ready yet. Moreover, the message reaches its destination even when it is sent. thousands of years will receive. In other words, no one expects to receive a return message from an extraterrestrial society anytime soon. But the researchers who prepared the space note hope their ideas will spark a dialogue about how to communicate with aliens, what to say, and how to immortalize humanity as a species.
Jonathan Jiang, an astrophysicist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California, said on the subject that even if there is no planet called Earth years later, “In a bottle in the cosmic ocean ‘Hey, we’re here’ We want to send a message to say” saves as.
The message contains information that will make it easier for aliens to understand humans
Designed by Jiang and his team for the 50th anniversary of the Arecibo message, the first high-powered attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial life, the message actually sent by humanity into space. to previous messages is based. In Arecibo, which was designed using binary code in 1974, information about humanity’s base 10 counting system, common important elements and a map of the solar system were included.
Similarly, in the new message using binary code, the aliens people will need to understand Includes basic math, physics, and biology definitions, including definitions of DNA, amino acids, and glucose. Also in the message are maps that give information about the structure and atmosphere of the Milky Way, the Solar System and the Earth itself.
On the other hand, the message differs from previous messages in a few key ways. more advanced is stated to be. First of all, it is noteworthy that the map of Earth’s position in the Milky Way is more precise than the one in the Arecibo message. Jiang and his team used it to mark Earth’s location in the Milky Way so they can be easily seen because of their brightness. globular star clusters records their use.
However, the message is a first of its kind to allow any alien who finds it to know when the message was sent. timestamp is also reported to have been added. At this point, we are faced with the question of how we can transfer time as we perceive it to an alien civilization that is likely to have very different measurement methods from the Earthlings.
The answer to that question, according to message designer Qitian Jin of Hanze University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands in the hydrogen atom hidden. Neutral hydrogen found in interstellar gas can enter a high-energy state after collisions with other atoms or electrons. About 10 million years later, one of these high-energy hydrogens spin-flip It undergoes a transition back to a lower energy state known as It is this spin-flip transition that provides a convenient universal time unit for conveying how long after the Big Bang the message was sent.
With that, Jin has updated timestamps and information so that a theoretical alien civilization can learn more about Earth over time. multiple messages He adds that it is possible to send
The message will be sent to a star region of planets thought to be habitable.
Jiang states that the newly proposed message will be sent to a star ring about 13,000 light-years from the center of the Milky Way. The stars of this region in their habitable zones It is thought to contain several existing, habitable planets. Concerning the matter, Jiang “If aliens exist, it’s probably they are here” saves as.
In addition, the researchers hope to spark a conversation about what information to send to extraterrestrials and stimulate interest in listening to messages. Humans are already broadcasting radio, television and radar signals into space over an area of approximately 200 light years. This is not a very large area to look for extraterrestrial life; but the field continues to grow. Stuart Taylor, an astrophysicist at the SETI Institute who helped create the new message, said: not very good draws attention.
When we thought aliens would listen to us positive Stating that it is very important to send a message, Taylor said that their main hope is that an alien civilization advanced enough to reach the stars is extremely important. ‘collaborative’ and to give Earthlings good advice on how to reconcile our differences.
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