upon discovering the existence of intelligent life beyond earth the first question we are most likely
to ask is how can we communicate we are in 2022 now and the question feels more urgent than ever
advances in remote sensing technologies have revealed that the vast majority of
stars in our galaxy host planets and that many of these exoplanets appear capable of
hosting liquid water on their surface a prerequisite for life as we know it the
odds that at least one of these billions of planets has produced intelligent life
seem favorable enough to spend some time figuring out how to say hello space research organizations
around the world along with nasa have been in pursuit of making contact with alien life
but forget making contact we do not even have proof that alien life actually exists
now a team at nasa is hoping to change that how by sending nudes we are going to attract aliens by
sending them wait for it unsolicited nudes yes you heard that right nasa is planning to do so through
binary signals outside earth's atmosphere to attract extraterrestrial intelligence
an updated binary coded message has been developed for transmission to extraterrestrial intelligences
in the milky way galaxy the message includes basic mathematical and physical concepts to establish
a universal means of communication followed by information on the biochemical composition of life
on earth the solar system's time-stamped position in the milky way relative to global clusters the
project is known as the beacon in the galaxy and it shows the various diagrams related to
biochemistry of life on earth and two cartoons of the male and the female body with exposed
genitals the entire message is in binary code as it is the most basic form of digital communication
messaging extraterrestrials has always occupied a controversial position in the broader city search
for extraterrestrial intelligence community which is mostly focused on listening for alien
transmissions rather than sending out our own to many the practice is a waste of time at best and
an existentially dangerous gamble at worst stephen hawking one of the greatest physicists ever
once warned that aliens may not see us as any more valuable than we see bacteria
if you look at history contact between humans and less intelligent organisms
have often been disastrous from their point of view and encounters between civilizations with
advanced versus primitive technologies have gone badly for the less advanced he had said
hawking went on to say that aliens could be vastly more powerful than us and contacting them is not
the best idea but we are a curious species and we will always want to know what is out there
even if it is dangerous there are billions of targets to choose from and the odds that we send
a message to the right planet at the right time are dismally low plus we have no idea who may be
listening what if we give our address to an alien species that lives on a diet of bipedal hominins
despite the pitfalls many insist that the potential rewards of active seti far outweigh
the risks first contact would be one of the most momentous occasions in the history of our species
the argument goes and if we just wait around for someone to call us it may never happen as for the
risk of annihilation by a malevolent space alien we blew our cover long ago any extraterrestrial
capable of traveling to earth would be more than capable of detecting evidence of life in
the chemical signatures of our atmosphere or the electromagnetic radiation that has been leaking
from our radios televisions and radar systems for the past century so the question remains
should we send messages to aliens just because it would be difficult to achieve global consensus
on what to send or whether we should send doesn't mean we shouldn't do it to finally know that
we are not alone in the universe would not just encourage science but our understanding about life
and place in the cosmos as well what do you guys think drop in your comments below
in the beginning there was nothing or so the big bang theory suggests and then boom the
birth of our universe like all families our solar systems members have a regular origin story only
four centuries ago galileo discovered that the earth revolves around the sun and not vice versa
now we know that the earth does not revolve around the sun technically what is going on is that the
earth sun and all the planets are orbiting around the center of mass of the solar system
as science advanced we started asking the question are we alone this question alone has fascinated
and disturbed us so much so that we have launched space exploration programs to look at the universe
through the lens of telescopes and the agency leading the charge is nasa one such development
has been in the field of discovering new habitable planets in our vast universe there are countless
number of unknown planets scattered across our universe we have already discovered an astonishing
4 935 exoplanets and recently we came across 65 new planets that has taken our tally to 5000
the latest batch of 65 exoplanets planets outside our immediate solar system were added
to the nasa exoplanet archive on march 21st marking the start of the planetary odometer
you may be wondering how we're discovering these exoplanets that are millions of light years away
from us well thanks to the hubble space telescope we can peer into this extensive universe and very
soon the james webb space telescope will also join the mission after its mirrors are completely ready
these two have been vital for making important discoveries and providing priceless information
about the cosmos the jwst is the most advanced telescope ever made and it is 100 times more
powerful than its predecessor with its help we can unravel the secrets of this boundless expanse
we have discovered all kinds of planets small rocky worlds gas giants larger than jupiter
and extremely hot inhabitable planets out of all of these there are a few planets
that stand out kepler-1649c is one such planet its characteristics are very similar to earth
in fact this is the most habitable planet that we have discovered that may shelter life another
such planet is proxima centauri d located 4.1 light years from earth it orbits in the
habitable zone of the red dwarf star proxima centauri which is the closest star to the sun
other exoplanets that are relatively close to earth and may support lifar barnard star b ross
128b looking b and wolf1061c these celestial spheres can be considered a viable option if
we were to ever go looking for habitable planets in the near future till now we have been able to
find 55 of these earth-like planets with the rate at which our technology is advancing who knows
what we might be capable of in the future wouldn't it be amazing to come across a
planet that can sustain life our next goal as of now is to take life to the red planet mars
thanks elon at the moment mars is not habitable as it doesn't have a magnetic field and this factor
is very vital for humans to survive on any planet but this is about to change very soon one way that
we're considering to make mars habitable is nuking the barren red planet the heat produced by the
nuclear missiles is required for forming magnetic fields which in turn would help organisms thrive
let's hope that we come up with an alternative that doesn't require such destructive measures
mars was never going to be our final destination this is going to be like our temporary home the
search for our permanent home is still going on we're entering a new era of discovery that will go
beyond just adding new planets to the list and now that the jwst is finishing aligning its mirrors
we can hope to come across more celestial bodies every day we are making new discoveries
with our technology but in order to succeed in space exploration we need advanced technology
we will surely get there soon enough it is predicted that by 2030 robots will start having
a more dominant role in society and by 2040 the robot population will surpass the human population
robots and ai are vital for ensuring a future for the human race we can assure you that in
our search for a habitable exoplanet ai is going to play a major role but no matter what the quest
for the ultimate truth are we alone should never stop as carl sagan said the universe is a pretty
big place if it's just a seems like an awful waste of space so let's take a journey into the
future of space exploration and find what we're looking for a new home by the light of our new sun
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