Category
page 1Interstellar messages

Carl Sagan
American astrophysicist, cosmologist and author (1934–1996)
extraterrestrial life
life that does not originate from Earth
Fermi paradox
apparent contradiction between the lack of evidence and high probability estimates for the existence of extraterrestrial civilizations
search for extra-terrestrial intelligence
effort to find civilizations not from Earth
Drake equation
probabilistic argument to estimate the number of alien civilizations in our galaxy
Voyager Golden Record
two phonograph records included on both Voyager spaceprobes launched in August and September 1977

Frank Drake
American astronomer and astrophysicist (1930–2022)
Arecibo message
1974 message into space
Pioneer plaque
plaque attached to the Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 spacecraft in case extraterrestrial life finds them
time capsule
cache of goods or data secured for some time to be opened at a date in the future

Nikolai Kardashev
Soviet and Russian astronomer
Iosif Shklovsky
Soviet astronomer (1916–1985)

Ann Druyan
American author and producer
message in a bottle
form of communication
Lincos
constructed language
Hans Freudenthal
Dutch mathematician (1905–1990)
Breakthrough Initiatives
set of programs to search for and communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence
active SETI
attempt to send messages to intelligent extraterrestrials
Breakthrough Listen
initiative to search for intelligent extraterrestrial life
San Marino Scale
proposed SETI measurement
Alexander Zaitsev
Russian astronomer
interstellar communication
communication between planetary systems
Linda Salzman Sagan
American artist and writer (1940–2023)
Bracewell probe
hypothetical autonomous artificially intelligent robotic interstellar probe seeking technological civilizations and communicate over short distances once it discovers one
The Morse Message
radio message broadcast to Venus in 1962
Cosmic Call
interstellar radio messages
Stephen Webb
British physicist
Jon Lomberg
American artist and journalist
communication with extraterrestrial intelligence
overview about the communication with extraterrestrial intelligence
Across the Universe
interstellar radio message (IRM)
Teen Age Message
series of interstellar radio transmissions