The entire Milky Way galaxy rotates, so while we aimed at the globular cluster, Messier 13... Stop saying globular cluster. Well, that's what it's called. It's a cluster circle. So we aimed the signal at the cluster, but 25,000 years later, the cluster is not going to be where the signal arrives. And we're not here to get the message. That too. We've actually been leaking television signals, radio signals. By accident, from our communication that's been going on ever since ... Oh, they can contact. The Hitler thing was going out in the 1930s if you remembered the film Contact. Like I love Lucy episodes and Nazi
Scientists have been searching for aliens in our solar system and beyond, but have not yet found evidence that life exists beyond Earth. SETI, the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence, has been scanning the stars for alien radio beacons for 50 years. Radio and TV broadcasts have been leaking from Earth’s atmosphere for over a century, and these traveling time capsules could eventually reach a broader audience than ever imagined. Neil and Lynne review the methods used to locate aliens, and discuss what to do if you’re ever abducted.
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