Send a message into the Milky Way to let aliens know about Earth

The new message, called “Beacon in the Galaxy” will be sent to the center of the Milky Way. This message includes communication principles, mathematical and physical concepts, and even the building blocks of DNA.

House’s science also encodes coordinates so that aliens can pinpoint Earth’s position in space.

To deliver this message to the center of the Milky Way, the team plans to use the Seti Institute’s Allen Telescope Network in California and the 500 m Aperture Spherical Radio Telescope in China.

To ensure that the message reaches the aliens, astrophysicists will broadcast it to a dense star cluster near the center of the Milky Way. This location was chosen by scientists who believe that it is the most promising location for alien life.

This is not the first time scientists have sent out an encrypted message to aliens.

In 1974, astronomers sent a similar message “Beacon in the Galaxy” using the Arecibo Observatory located in Puerto Rico.

At that point, the message was directed toward a cluster of stars in our galaxy, about 25,000 light-years from Earth.