Messages have been sent to a planet 20 light years from Earth in the hope they will reach intelligent alien life. Some 501 photos, drawings and text messages were transmitted on Thursday by a giant radio-telescope in Ukraine normally used to track asteroids. The target planet was chosen as it is thought capable of supporting life. Any reply to the messages - collated through a competition by the social networking website Bebo - would not reach Earth for 40 years. The competition - A Message From Earth - invited Bebo's 12m users to send in missives they would like extra-terrestrials to receive.
Messages have been sent to a planet 20 light years from Earth in the hope they will reach intelligent alien life.
Some 501 photos, drawings and text messages were transmitted on Thursday by a giant radio-telescope in Ukraine normally used to track asteroids.
The target planet was chosen as it is thought capable of supporting life.
Any reply to the messages - collated through a competition by the social networking website Bebo - would not reach Earth for 40 years.
The competition - A Message From Earth - invited Bebo's 12m users to send in missives they would like extra-terrestrials to receive.
The SETI people think it might be in the millions...
Do we deserve a contact with so much foolishness demonstrated in the last 20-30 years?
Wouldn't an alien invasion be the perfect end to this year?
