In 2023, the ESA sent a mock alien signal from Mars as part of an art project. The signal was encoded with a message about Earth, including its location and chemical composition. The ESA hopes the signal will stimulate public interest in SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
2014: De Paulis collaborates with the ESA 🚀 to develop a plan for sending the signal.
2015: The ESA launches the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) spacecraft 🚀🛰️.
2016: The TGO begins orbiting Mars 🪐.
2017: De Paulis and the ESA begin preparing the message to be sent from the TGO ✍️📨.
2018: The message is encoded and stored on the TGO 🔒💾.
2023: On May 24, the TGO sends the mock alien signal from Mars 🚀👽📡.
2023: The signal is received by four radio telescopes on Earth 🌍📡.
The signal was sent as part of an art project called "A Sign in Space" 🎨✨, which is designed to raise awareness of the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI) 🌌👽. The message was encoded with a message that includes information about Earth, such as its location in the solar system and its chemical composition 🌏🌞🔬. The message also includes a greeting from humanity 👋👥.
The ESA hopes that the signal will stimulate public interest in SETI and encourage more people to get involved in the search for alien life 🌌🔍.
How it started....
Timeline of Alien Signals
1960: The first SETI project, Project Ozma, is launched by astronomer Frank Drake.
1965: The Arecibo Observatory begins conducting SETI research.
1974: The first confirmed detection of an alien radio signal is made by the Ohio State University Radio Observatory. The signal, known as Wow! signal, is later determined to be of natural origin.
1995: The SETI@home project is launched, allowing anyone with a computer to contribute to the search for alien signals.
2001: The Phoenix Mars Lander sends back images of a rock that appears to have been shaped by water, raising the possibility that Mars could have once supported life.
2003: The European Space Agency's (ESA) Mars Express spacecraft begins orbiting Mars.
2007: The Kepler Space Telescope begins searching for exoplanets, or planets that orbit other stars.
2010: The ESA's Rosetta spacecraft lands on a comet, providing scientists with the first close-up look at a comet nucleus.
2012: The Curiosity rover lands on Mars, beginning a two-year mission to search for evidence of past life on Mars.
The sending of the mock alien signal is a significant event in the history of SETI 🌌📡. It is the first time that a signal has been sent from another planet to Earth as part of a deliberate search for alien life 👽📡. The signal is also the first to be received by multiple radio telescopes, which provides scientists with a better chance of confirming its origin 🌌📡🔍.
The search for alien life is a long and difficult journey, but it is a journey that is worth taking 🚀🌌. The universe is a vast and mysterious place, and there is no reason to believe that we are the only intelligent life in existence 🌌👽. The sending of the mock alien signal is a reminder that we are not alone in the universe, and it is a call to action to continue the search for alien life 🌌🌍🔍.
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