Blasting out Earth’s location with the hope of reaching aliens is a controversial idea – two teams of scientists are doing it anyway

While it is a controversial idea, there are two teams of scientists that are sending Earth’s location out into space with the goal of getting into contact with aliens. Astronomers and scientists believe that there are potentially up to 300 million different habitable worlds in the Milky Way. They also believe there is a pretty solid chance that some intelligent life forms are out there. However, there has never been any concrete evidence or message that aliens in general even exist.

Key Takeaways:

• Astronomers have been looking for radio or optical signals from other civilizations for over 70 years.
• Many scientists agree that life probably exists on one of the other habitable worlds in the Milky Way.
• These same scientists believe there’s a solid chance that some life forms with intelligence and technology are out there too.

“While SETI has long been a part of mainstream science, METI, or messaging extraterrestrial intelligence, has been less common.”

Read more: https://theconversation.com/blasting-out-earths-location-with-the-hope-of-reaching-aliens-is-a-controversial-idea-two-teams-of-scientists-are-doing-it-anyway-182036