{"id":39527,"date":"2023-11-22T13:19:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:19:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/?p=39527"},"modified":"2023-11-22T13:19:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T13:19:15","slug":"nasa-admits-message-laser-beamed-from-10-million-miles-away-has-reached-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miamiheatnation.com\/world-news\/nasa-admits-message-laser-beamed-from-10-million-miles-away-has-reached-earth\/","title":{"rendered":"NASA admits message laser-beamed from 10 million miles away has reached Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A message from 10 million miles away has reached Earth, NASA has announced.<\/p>\n<p>But it is not some kind of alien message warning us that we&apos;re all going to die, or that they come in peace, however. The message, sent by a laser beam, actually originates from NASA, as the boffins try to find better ways of communicating with technology in space.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment was undertaken by the Deep Space Optical Communications tool travelling onboard NASA&apos;s Psyche spacecraft, and it transmitted the message from further away than the Moon currently floats.<\/p>\n<p><b>READ MORE: Five most dangerous places to live in the UK during World War 3 revealed by AI<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>For more space news, click here.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31500793.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Scientists-fire-comms-laser-10-million-miles-for-first-time.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p>The message is now thought to be the furthest ever optical communication sent in history was even encoded just to make sure the experiment worked correctly.<\/p>\n<p>What the message contained, however, is not known, but a NASA spokesman said that the &quot;flight laser transceiver \u2013 a cutting-edge instrument aboard Psyche capable of sending and receiving near-infrared signals \u2013 locked onto a powerful uplink laser beacon transmitted from the Optical Communications Telescope Laboratory at NASA&apos;s Jet Propulsion Laboratory&apos;s Table Mountain Facility near Wrightwood, California.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And Trudy Kortes, director of Technology Demonstrations at NASA HQ, said: \u201cAchieving first light is one of many critical DSOC milestones in the coming months, paving the way toward higher-data-rate communications capable of sending scientific information, high-definition imagery, and streaming video in support of humanity\u2019s next giant leap: sending humans to Mars.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31500794.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615b\/2_Scientists-fire-comms-laser-10-million-miles-for-first-time.jpg\"><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<figure data-mod=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.dailystar.co.uk\/incoming\/article31489479.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s458\/0_MAIN-Renault-Clio-hit-by-a-meteorite-leaving-the-motor-with-incredible-damage.jpg\"><\/figure>\n<p> Renault Clio hit by a meteorite leaving the motor with incredible damage<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/s2-prod.mirror.co.uk\/@trinitymirrordigital\/chameleon-branding\/publications\/dailystar\/img\/logo-schema-dailystar.png\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the past, NASA has used radio waves to communicate with space, but laser beams are able to carry more data and transfer at a faster rate.<\/p>\n<p>The success of the experiment has been dubbed a &quot;boon&quot; for science and could change now &quot;enable human exploration of deep space,&quot; NASA&apos;s Dr Jason Mitchell, director of the Advanced Communications and Navigation Technologies Division within NASA\u2019s Space Communications and Navigation programme, explained.<\/p>\n<p>Some news outlets have reported that the message came from 100 million miles away, but NASA has confirmed that it is 10 million, or 16 million kilometres, to be exact.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>For the latest breaking news and stories from across the globe from the Daily Star, sign up for our newsletter by clicking<\/i> <i>here.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailystar.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/nasa-boffins-admit-message-laser-31500546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A message from 10 million miles away has reached Earth, NASA has announced. 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