A Message From Earth

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A Message From Earth is a digital time capsule containing messages and images from people around the world that was beamed into space toward the exoplanet Gliese 581c in 2008 as a form of interstellar communication.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural artifact
digital time capsule
interstellar message
aimsToRepresent contemporary human civilization
diversity of human life
associatedWith SETI-related outreach
contains images from people around the world
messages from people around the world
dataFormat digital encoding
destinationStarSystem Gliese 581 star system
hasContributor people from many countries
hasPurpose interstellar communication
to send messages from humans to extraterrestrial intelligences
isCrowdsourced true
isDigital true
isIntendedAudience extraterrestrial intelligences
isOneOf early 21st-century interstellar messages
isPhysicalArtifact false
isPublicParticipationProject true
isTimeCapsule true
language multiple human languages
launchDate 2008
launchMethod radio transmission
medium digital data
origin Earth
signalOrigin Earth-based radio transmitter
target Gliese 581c
targetType exoplanet
theme hopes for the future
human culture
human emotions
transmissionType beamed signal

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