Scientists Make Message to Send Earth’s Location to Aliens, Ignoring Stephen Hawking’s Warning

Newsweek

BY ED BROWNE ON 4/1/22 AT 9:29 AM EDT

Scientists have designed a radio message to be beamed into deep space that reveals Earth’s location, which they hope will be received and understood by an intelligent alien civilization.

The message is essentially an updated version of the famous Arecibo message, transmitted in 1974, which had the same purpose. Broadcast from the Arecibo Radio Telescope in Puerto Rico, the messageconsisted of 1,679 bits arranged into 73 lines of 23 characters.

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