SETI’s Allen Telescope Array in California has picked up a message despatched again from a spacecraft orbiting Mars
Seth Shostak/SETI Institute
A message has been despatched to Earth from a spacecraft orbiting Mars, to simulate potential communication from a complicated alien civilisation.
On 24 Could, a spacecraft at Mars, the Hint Fuel Orbiter (TGO), was used to ship a coded message – just some kilobytes in measurement – to our planet. Picked up by radio receivers on Earth, teams of astronomers and fans then set to work decoding it, a possible dry run …