News is just reaching us of the most amazing astronomical discovery which I am ever likely to experience in my lifetime, one which I never thought I would see. As regular followers of this blog will know, the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) Institute has been searching for evidence of life in the universe by looking for some signature of its technology. Using the most powerful astronomical equipment humanity has managed to invent, Frank Drake and his associates have been hunting the universe for alien life forms for well over fifty years. Having narrowed down the search using the mathematical formula known as the Drake equation, astronomers are now thrilled to announce the presence of not only life, but intelligent life, on a hollow planet far, far away. Pictures just arriving back at Earth from Voyager 2 have stunned scientists all over the world. The slightly blurred video footage shows a race of small pink knitted creatures living in peace and harmony, thriving on a diet of green soup and blue string pudding. They use a primitive but decipherable language to communicate with each other and have clearly developed a wide range of problem-solving strategies. It was only a matter of time before they developed long-range space flight. Negotiations are at this moment taking place at the highest level between world leaders and a representative from the planet, the Soup Dragon, to plan a trip to Earth as soon as possible. For exciting film footage of the new discoveries, please click here!
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Updated 12 December 2025.
I hope you have enjoyed reading about this amazing discovery which was brought to you by Explaining Science on 1 April 2016 .For more information on the SETI, take a look a look at my A Short Guide to SETI ebook.
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Wonderful post! ‘We are not alone!’ 🙂
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I sent the video link to my grandson. Enjoyed the April 1 joke.
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I hope your grandson enjoyed it
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I think that farmer Gilles of Ham as negotiator would have been a more obvious choice .
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Hahahahaha. At first I thought microbes had been discovered on Mars…and then I read the article…and then, of course, I remembered the date. 😉
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Cute!
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Nice one!
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Just in case, read The Dragon Masters by Jack Vance.
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LOL
Well done! ;D
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Classic April Fool, especially for those of us of the 70s kids’ TV/Carl Sagan ‘Cosmos’ generation!
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This was actually a guest post by Mrs Geek….
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Do you think that the advanced technology developed by the Soup Dragon may help us solve climate change?
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I am not too sure, perhaps this is something which needs further investigation 😉
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Heh, heh, heh! 😀
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Yes, these little pink creatures are already here. They 3 of them have colonised the back corner of our physics lab, & have made a telescope from bits of biology’s microscope ( I know this as I helped them). Shh don’t tell biology, our a level students love them, I often get requests & the our clan gets live with Einstein ( how cool is that)
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🙂
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It’s amazing!
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Are you sure it’s not Bob instead of Frank
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Tee hee hee!
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