Japanese astronomers are eagerly awaiting a reply from aliens after sending a message into space 40 years ago. The 40-year-old message: On Aug. 15, 1983, astronomers Masaki Morimoto and Hisashi Hirabayashi at Stanford University sent a message into space as part of a project celebrating the 15th anniversary of the weekly comic anthology Shonen Jump. The message, which contained 13 drawings depicting the history of life on Earth and the structure of our DNA, was transcribed into radio waves and transmitted toward a star called Altair with the intention of receiving a reply.
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