Decoding a Mystery Signal from Space: Is it Extraterrestrial or Just a Test?
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The SETI Institute is organizing a test of a coded radio message from Mars that will be received by radio telescopes on Earth on Wednesday. The message is intended to trigger a worldwide game of decrypting and decoding, and anyone can follow along on the A Sign in Space website. The message was designed by a team led by Daniela de Paulis, an artist in residence at the SETI Institute, and no one will know what it says until they decipher it. The event is one part interplanetary performance art and one part dress rehearsal for an event that astronomers hope will one day occur.
Topics:science#astronomy#extraterrestrial-intelligence#mars#radio-signals#science-and-technology#seti
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