{"id":124757,"date":"2024-11-11T23:04:26","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124757"},"modified":"2024-11-11T23:04:26","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T16:04:26","slug":"alien-like-signal-from-2023-has-been-decoded-the-next-step-is-to-figure-out-what-it-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=124757","title":{"rendered":"Alien-like signal from 2023 has been decoded. The next step is to figure out what it means"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/editor-note\/instances\/cm37ohzj700063b5vv5t10r8l@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"editor-note\" class=\"editor-note vossi-editor-note inline-placeholder \" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n    <em>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/newsletters\/wonder-theory?source=nl-acq_article\"><em>Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more<\/em><\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n    <cite class=\"source__cite\"><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__location\" data-editable=\"location\"\/><br \/>\n      <span class=\"source__text\" data-editable=\"source\">CNN<\/span><br \/>\n        \u00a0\u2014\u00a0<br \/>\n    <\/cite>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm37oeu9c005f26qp03al1wlk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            If Earth\u2019s astronomical observatories were to pick up a signal from outer space, it would require an all-hands-on-deck effort to untangle and decipher the extraterrestrial message.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4e000c3b5vv67bqhm5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            An art project from the SETI Institute, a nonprofit in Mountain View, California, devoted to searching for life beyond Earth, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/06\/01\/world\/seti-alien-message-test-scn\/index.html\">simulated that scenario<\/a> over a year ago before<strong> <\/strong>a father-daughter team of citizen scientists recently deciphered the message. Its meaning, however, remains a mystery.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4f000d3b5v04kygfgh@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/Science_Exploration\/Human_and_Robotic_Exploration\/Exploration\/ExoMars\/Trace_Gas_Orbiter_instruments\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter<\/a>, a European Space Agency<strong> <\/strong>spacecraft orbiting Mars, beamed a signal containing an alien-like message in May 2023, three observatories on Earth picked it up and released the raw data on the internet, giving citizen scientists across the globe a chance to decipher the transmission.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4f000e3b5votkxtsdy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Ken Chaffin and daughter Keli, who worked on decoding the message for nearly a year, uncovered the answer in June, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2024\/10\/Alien_signal_decoded\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">European Space Agency<\/a> announced on October 22. Doing so required thousands of hours experimenting with various ideas and running mathematical simulations on a computer, the<strong> <\/strong>Chaffins told CNN.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000f3b5vhz83jihy@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In what appears to be clusters of white pixels on a black background, the visualized message is of five configurations that represent amino acids, the building blocks of life. The message is not static but is in motion and only displays the arrangement for about one-tenth of a second. The project\u2019s designers confirmed that amino acids are the intended message, but they are leaving the interpretation open.<strong\/>\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000g3b5vbhkwm2iw@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Now, citizen scientists are grappling with the meaning behind the cryptic cosmic puzzle. So far, the community engaged in the project has not been able to determine and agree on what the amino acids represent.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000h3b5v9ckqpxb5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Daniela de Paulis, an artist in residence at the SETI Institute and recipient of the Baruch Blumberg Visiting Fellowship in Astrobiology at the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, designed the project, called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/destor.com\/seti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Sign in Space<\/a>,\u201d alongside a small team of international scientists and artists who explored what a signal from an extraterrestrial might look like.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000i3b5v87ue5ng0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The signal was sent from Mars to Earth \u2014 traveling 16 minutes through space before being picked up by the Allen Telescope Array in Northern California, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope and the Medicina Radio Astronomical Station near Bologna, Italy. Then <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seti.org\/decoding-message-sign-space-year-long-journey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">citizen scientists<\/a>, communicating through a <a href=\"https:\/\/discord.com\/invite\/2upxzmZkqY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">global Discord chat<\/a>, extracted the raw data that was tangled with other data from the Mars spacecraft. It took around 10 days to extract and visualize the data, but deciphering what the message was took even more persistence.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000j3b5vjuzn8ve2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            When Ken Chaffin came across the original image from the scrambled raw data, which the Discord community of citizen scientists referred to as the \u201cstarmap,\u201d he said he suspected a cellular automata algorithm produced it. Cellular automata are grids of units that are mathematically coded to move or follow certain sets of rules. \u201cI knew I had the skills to decode the message,\u201d he said in an email, explaining he has decades of amateur experience working with cellular automata.\n    <\/p>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/cm37ojjdk000a3b5vn91oygqc@published\" class=\"image image__hide-placeholder\" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-name=\"A-Sign-in-Space-message.jpg\" data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes=\"\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\" data-original-ratio=\"1\" data-original-height=\"1600\" data-original-width=\"1600\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/a-sign-in-space-message.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div class=\"image__container \" data-image-variation=\"image\" data-breakpoints=\"{\" image--eq-extra-small=\"\">\n       <picture class=\"image__picture\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/a-sign-in-space-message.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/a-sign-in-space-message.jpg?q=w_1015,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/a-sign-in-space-message.jpg?q=w_1160,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source height=\"1600\" width=\"1600\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/a-sign-in-space-message.jpg?q=w_680,c_fill\/f_webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/a-sign-in-space-message.jpg?q=w_1110,c_fill\" alt=\"A community of citizen scientists refer to the original visualization of the extracted data as the \" starmap.=\"\" class=\"image__dam-img image__dam-img--loading\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1600\" width=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000k3b5vlgl1f8m3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            By running the cellular automata simulations on the \u201cstarmap,\u201d the Chaffins were eventually able to generate the image of the amino acids.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000l3b5vijydfxse@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI had no idea what the message would show or say,\u201d he added. \u201cI suspected that it might have something to do with life.\u201d When the image of the clusters revealed itself, Chaffin said he immediately recognized them to be amino acids from school chemistry classes.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000m3b5v2v80no3c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Keli Chaffin, his adult daughter, initially had no plans to join her dad in the immersive effort, but she said she quickly became mesmerized by the vastness of the project.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000n3b5vt4vhysd5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe original image that looks like a starmap has always given me the appearance of biological lifeforms,\u201d she said in an email. \u201c(A) lot of members have seen a mouse, a starfish or an elephant.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000o3b5vx6ff8cy0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMaybe that is just us as humans looking for the recognizable within random dots, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/science\/Rorschach-Test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rorschach test<\/a> of sorts.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000p3b5vz88o2arx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The project\u2019s goal was to keep the simulation as close as possible to how it might occur in real life, de Paulis said, so the project developers did not give any help, including confirmation or denial, until receiving the solution from the Chaffins.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4g000q3b5vtcl7lcg1@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cThe idea is that if we ever received a message from an alien civilization, we would not have feedback. So, we will have to come up with the meaning ourselves,\u201d said de Paulis, who is also a licensed radio operator. \u201cThere were basically thousands of interpretations, because \u2026 everybody was really moving in the dark. They didn\u2019t know where to go. They just have this image of a \u2018starmap\u2019 that everyone interpreted in many possible ways.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000r3b5vv75bkpdp@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The signal is a representation of what it would be like to receive an extraterrestrial message under ideal circumstances, as it came from relatively nearby Mars<strong> <\/strong>and<strong> <\/strong>was thus a stronger transmission than one that might come from deep space, de Paulis said. Multiple telescopes picked up the signal, whereas only one might detect an actual extraterrestrial, she added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000s3b5vsgyr6kqu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The project team intentionally created a complex message, with some team members predicting it could take weeks or even years to be decoded. \u201cSomeone said, \u2018Maybe they\u2019re never going to interpret it,\u2019\u201d de Paulis said. \u201cSo we had no idea how long it would take. We really took this huge risk.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000t3b5vi40x6ozu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Now that the message has been unlocked, the next step is to figure out what it means and why another civilization would send it, she said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000u3b5vbh4e13bx@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The designers behind the project don\u2019t plan on confirming or denying any possible interpretations soon, but they are asking the public to send in ideas while de Paulis works on a book that will encapsulate the project and interpretations of the message.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000v3b5vs72vl5h5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On a global scale, it\u2019s difficult to agree on a meaning with so many people from different backgrounds and cultures involved, she added. \u201cThe chances are that in this extreme scenario, when we have to give a meaning to a message from an alien civilization, we might never be able to really agree on an exact meaning.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000w3b5voggjc6fm@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The father-daughter team has tossed around hundreds of possible interpretations, Ken Chaffin said. If the moving message begins with the amino acid configuration, then it appears as if the<strong> <\/strong>five clusters<strong> <\/strong>deconstruct and move throughout space. If the message starts with the scrambled \u201cstarmap\u201d and ends on the amino acids coming together, it could represent various compounds such as hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen and oxygen being transported across space and then assembled into life, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000x3b5vgkjgb0x3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A representation of <a href=\"https:\/\/astrobiology.nasa.gov\/news\/in-search-of-panspermia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">panspermia<\/a>, the theory that life exists throughout the universe and is distributed, was one of his favorite interpretations, he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000y3b5vvfs83rwb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIn the end it is up to each viewer to interpret it just like the Rorschach Test, we may never know what the \u2018aliens\u2019 were trying to tell us,\u201d Keli Chaffin said. \u201cIt might just be them saying \u2018Hello!\u2019\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm3904z4h000z3b5v2d5rot86@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cI think for me the most exciting part was having the opportunity to work with my father on such a once in a lifetime project,\u201d she added. \u201cWe don\u2019t give up on a project even if it is deemed near impossible.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/11\/11\/science\/seti-alien-signal-decoded-sign-in-space\/index.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sign up for CNN\u2019s Wonder Theory science newsletter.\u00a0Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. 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