"If you’re out there in deep space, you’ll want to be tuning in at 7 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, Feb. 4 (plus however long it takes electromagnetic radiation to reach you from Earth doing the 186,000-miles-a-second speed limit)."
To start off, I'd like to say "Happy Birthday, NASA." Now, on with the story... also regarding NASA's birthday. Being the 50th anniversary of NASA's first shuttle launch, NASA will be using their huge system of antennas to beam the song "Across the Universe" by the Beatles into deep space. The beam, heading in the general direction of the North Star, or Polaris, is also being used to commemorate the antenna system it's being sent from: The Deep Space Network was created 45 years ago. It is also the 2nd outgoing signal sent from Earth, the first being sent in 1974. And as the NYT says, "No reply, at least so far."
It makes one wonder if there is, in fact, life out there. Many say that the universe, being what it is, should have some sort of life out there. Others, namely scientists, don't think so: they have found countless planet, few of which have even the slightest chance of hosting some sort of life. Even more say that the universe isn't the infinite realm of nothingness that we've imagined it: apparently, it is doughnut-shaped. Regardless, we may find that in a few hundred thousand years, we get a response. Until then, we shall wait.
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