In November 1974 after setting foot on the Moon, humans aspired to explore the open universe beyond the realms of the assumed possibilities by sending a radio message using the powerful telescope in Puerto Rico containing information about the chemicals of life, DNA anatomy, Earth’s place in the solar system, and a stick figure of a human. The message is still believed to be roaming somewhere in the depths of the unknown world. Now after 48 years, scientists are planning for another message to travel with the already existing one in space with the help of advanced technologies directed towards the extraterrestrial species.
Through this message, scientists believe the communication channels between humans and the Aliens can be opened and explored to greater degrees even if the chance is minute at best. The team of scientists wants to transmit simple principles for communication, basic mathematical concepts, physics formulas, constituents of DNA along with information about humans, the Earth, and a return address if someone wants to revert.
Dr Jonathan Jiang from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory will be at the helm of this project leading the team which will be handling and driving the included domains. The team aims to transmit these messages using the Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope and the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array. The transmission telescopes operate from China and Northern California respectively towards a chosen region of the milky way which is believed to hold the best chance of success.
As of now, what astronomers have deduced for further research to identify the world around us has not been promising. NASA on the other hand claims over 5000 worlds in our galaxy that could support life. But, with all the advanced technology we have with us, studying these worlds to expect an outcome is not possible.
All being said, the possibility of the message being received by someone in space is very low and then to expect a revert from the ET species is even lower considering multiple factors and most importantly the possible existence of the species in the first place. With all the variables taken into account, the researchers are still hopeful for a small degree of success and a possibility of existence beyond planet Earth.
