This is the final post in a series about human efforts to contact extraterrestrials. Today I want to discuss the objects which have already been sent out into interstellar space in the hope that at some point in the distant future an alien civilisation will retrieve and decipher them. The Pioneer Plaque On 3 March 1972 Pioneer… Continue reading Artefacts From Earth
Category: Alien Life
This is Earth Calling
Sending Messages to be picked up by alien civilisations is called METI (Messaging to Extraterrestial Intelligence) and is an activity which has taken place with increasing frequency over the past few decades. Advocates of METI argue that in addition to searching for extraterrestrial signals we can increase our chances of making contact with aliens by sending messages to stars which… Continue reading This is Earth Calling
SETI
As I discussed in my last post, the search for signs of extraterrestrial life has caught the interest of many people for a very long time, and the specific search for signals from other life forms has been a particular source of fascination over the last 50 years. In the 1997 movie Contact Jodie Foster's… Continue reading SETI
Is There Anyone Out There ?
As a child I was fascinated by the idea of people from Earth encountering alien lifeforms. I was an avid watcher of Star Trek and the British science fiction TV shows Dr Who and Blake's 7. I am not alone in my fascination - the idea of humans making contact with intelligent aliens from other planets has intrigued… Continue reading Is There Anyone Out There ?
Enceladus -Could there be life?
Welcome Hello and welcome to the first post from the Science Geek. I intend to write a weekly blog about various topics of interest, which will cover all aspects of science. The articles will be aimed at the non scientist and won't require any previous scientific knowledge. I hope you enjoy reading them and please feel… Continue reading Enceladus -Could there be life?
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