Show HN: A Sign In Space – simulating a message from ET(asignin.space)
asignin.space
Show HN: A Sign In Space – simulating a message from ET
https://asignin.space/
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My immediate thoughts after a couple minutes:
The message has length 65697, and it's extremely sparse (mostly zeroes) except for the beginning and end.
65697 is only 161 larger than 2^16, suggesting that it has size 2^16 with some extra bits tacked on. The beginning and end are less sparse, suggesting a "header" and "footer" as some Discorders said.
65697 also factors as 361359, so it could be an image of size 61*359, with 3-bit color. The color could be grayscale (0-7), or single-bit RGB (but why would the aliens have the same number of eye cones as us???)
The message has length 65697, and it's extremely sparse (mostly zeroes) except for the beginning and end.
65697 is only 161 larger than 2^16, suggesting that it has size 2^16 with some extra bits tacked on. The beginning and end are less sparse, suggesting a "header" and "footer" as some Discorders said.
65697 also factors as 361359, so it could be an image of size 61*359, with 3-bit color. The color could be grayscale (0-7), or single-bit RGB (but why would the aliens have the same number of eye cones as us???)
Has it been solved? Is there a public place where people are trying to interpret the message? I thought this might be in #general-discussion on Discord, but I'm having trouble finding discussion of the message in the middle of people talking about aliens.
Sounds like there's a confirmed extracted image, with 5 bloby "constellations".
The message was loaded on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter, a spacecraft orbiting Mars. On May 24th it was beamed back to Earth and received by several radio telescopes during a live performance.
Since then, a community of people from all walks of life has been attempting to make sense of the message. If you enjoy the challenge, join the discord channel https://discord.com/channels/1066055437457297469/11114043296... and give it a try!