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Earth Has Received a Message Laser-Beamed From 10 Million Miles Away (www.sciencealert.com)
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[–] Jiggle_Physics@lemmy.world 51 points 2 years ago (2 children)

A laser beam we fired in an experiment with very long distance communications tech.

[–] livus@kbin.social 35 points 2 years ago

Thanks. That has to be one of the most clickbait titles I've ever seen.

[–] Bloodwoodsrisen@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 years ago

This is the equivalent of scientists trying to find this weird space signal only to find out it was the microwave