Scientists have designed a new message to spark conversation with alien civilisations, and also suggest we challenge them to a game of chess to judge their logic and strategic skills.
Jiang et al./NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Scientists have designed an updated message to beam across the galaxy in the hope of striking up conversation with an alien civilisation. The team behind the plan says that sending the rules of chess and starting a game would be a logical next step if we receive a reply – but communicating a move in the game would take tens or hundreds of thousands of years due to the vast distances involved.
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