The prospect of receiving a strange signal is exciting and worrisome, and we will see. Wednesday-or, a simulation of such a thing, as a group of scientists and engineers are developing an interesting SETI experiment.
Get started May 24 at 3:00 p.m. ET, the European Space Agency’s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) will transmit a stored message to Earth. Three satellite radio stations will try to receive the signal when it arrives 16 minutes later. The symbol, an encrypted message created by the artist Daniela de Paulis and her colleagues, will be presented to the public, who are invited to try it. understand the message.
The event, which you can watch above, will air Wednesday from 2:15 pm to 4:15 pm ET. The radio event will include scientists, artists, engineers, and other professionals.
Of course, there is no strange development that is giving us information at the moment, not what we know, but the experiment, which is called. Symbol in Space, explores these possibilities. More than 30 astronomers, artists, and SETI researchers are helping with the project (SETI stands for the search for extraterrestrial intelligence), with ESA and the spacecraft manufacturer D-Orbit also participating.
“Throughout history, people have searched for the meaning of dynamic and transformative events,” de Paulis, a licensed radio host andin residence at the SETI Institute and Greenbank Observatory, he said words. “Receiving information from outside civilizations can be a great change for all people.” The experiment “provides an unprecedented opportunity to try and organize this through international cooperation, encouraging the search for meaning in all cultures and traditions,” he added.
Three astronomical stations will be ready to receive the signal, namely the SETI Institute’s Allen Telescope Array, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope at the Green Bank Observatory, and the Medicina Radio Astronomical Station observatory operated by the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics. The content of the message, created by de Paulis and colleagues, has not been disclosed.
“This revolutionary exhibition of international theater aims to explore the process of interpreting and interpreting global information by interacting with the international SETI community, experts from various fields and the general public,” said the SETI Institute. Determining the true celestial symbol and its message “can lead to an endless and diverse process of technical and cultural interpretation that will reveal our weaknesses, as well as our overriding importance,” the organization added.
It’s a fun idea for a crowd-sourced tabletop experience, where people are asked to identify a strange symbol. We do not speak alien languages, but it may be possible to find ways to communicate with the universe through symbolic language. or other ways. The group is asking contributors to provide scientific information, drawings, ideas, and other ideas in an attempt to identify the symbol.
When viewers finish processing an incoming signal, they set it to Symbol in Space Discord server about decoding. Anyone interested in contributing to the experiment is welcome to apply Here. A series of consultations will be held six to eight weeks after the transplant.
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