{"id":22343,"date":"2021-12-19T21:20:52","date_gmt":"2021-12-19T13:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/ohio-man-sending-his-music-to-oumuamua-asteroid-in-an-attempt-to-make-first-contact\/"},"modified":"2021-12-19T21:20:52","modified_gmt":"2021-12-19T13:20:52","slug":"ohio-man-sending-his-music-to-oumuamua-asteroid-in-an-attempt-to-make-first-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/ohio-man-sending-his-music-to-oumuamua-asteroid-in-an-attempt-to-make-first-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio man sending his music to \u2018Oumuamua asteroid in an attempt to make first contact"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"img-border featured-image wp-block-image--obfuscated\">\n<p>\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-3049143925983138&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=712772469&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783323304&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2021%2F12%2F18%2Fohio-man-sending-his-music-to-oumuamua-asteroid-in-an-attempt-to-make-first-contact%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783323304717&amp;bpp=2&amp;bdt=3259&amp;idt=-M&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606300101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dee20989454fe3a9b%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783323257%3AS%3DALNI_Ma_zHTC64Egiec_8HQYi2Rx5xEg8w&amp;gpic=UID%3D000014159597bb56%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783323257%3AS%3DALNI_MaDaRPwkK2fSZM7WKlqA_MSZIQskQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De1bb4dd402f9f648%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783323257%3AS%3DAA-Afjbi-FNlbfsUQCZWSNVtf2-j&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280&amp;nras=2&amp;correlator=1005539608591&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=1151&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395661%2C31099493%2C95390277%2C95393484&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=4268585519478088&amp;tmod=770720130&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;ifi=3&amp;uci=a!3&amp;btvi=2&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=29\" data-google-container-id=\"a!3\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CMSRofDEvZUDFUzyTAIdXRoG0g\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><span id=\"more-26201\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Michael Lee Hill is an Ohio Native and musician, who hopes to make contact with \u2018Oumuamua using his music.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2018Oumuamua, a Hawaiian word meaning \u201cscout,\u201d entered the solar system in 2017 and sparked headlines as the first known interstellar object. Some even speculate that it could have had an artificial origin because of its weird behavior and random bursts of acceleration. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Humankind has made numerous attempts to let the universe know we\u2019re here, such as sending signals out to exoplanets orbiting in their star\u2019s habitable zones or launching spacecraft like Voyager 1 with a golden record explaining the existence of Earth. But never before has someone tried to direct a radio signal toward this mysterious object, let alone one containing music.<\/p>\n<p>\t<span class=\"outbrain-ad-label\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script type=\"text\/plain\">\n\t\t\twindow.adSlotsConfig = window.adSlotsConfig || [];<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tadSlotsConfig.push( {\n\t\t\t\tslotID: '\/1049447\/Outbrain',\n\t\t\t\tslotName: 'div-gpt-ad-outbrain-ad-26201',\n\t\t\t\tsizes: [300, 250],\n\t\t\t\tslotPosition: 'mid_article'\n\t\t\t} );\n\t\t<\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hill and a team will utilize a powerful radio transmitter and antenna array located in the Arizona desert to send signals to \u2018Oumuamua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s anticipating the transmission, which will begin on Christmas Eve and continue to Dec. 26, will produce a response from the object that will get the attention of the mainstream scientific community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou know I think it\u2019s very important to transmit back to this object,\u201d Hill told&nbsp;ABC News 5 Cleveland. \u201cTruly if we\u2019re not alone, and what the team members believe is that when Oumuamua came through our solar system, it might have been waiting for the proper response. The proper transmission had the right key. I think it\u2019s super important because they need to know that we\u2019re ready for contact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hill is also working with Richard C. Hoagland, an American author and best known for his various conspiracy theories about NASA, lost alien civilizations on the Moon and Mars, and other related topics.<\/p>\n<p><ins data-ad-format=\"auto\" class=\"adsbygoogle adsbygoogle-noablate\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3049143925983138\" data-adsbygoogle-status=\"done\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; background-color: transparent; height: 0px;\" data-ad-status=\"unfilled\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"aswift_3\" name=\"aswift_3\" style=\"left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; border: 0px; width: 775px; height: 0px; min-height: auto; max-height: none; min-width: auto; max-width: none;\" sandbox=\"allow-forms allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation\" width=\"775\" height=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/googleads.g.doubleclick.net\/pagead\/ads?gdpr=0&amp;us_privacy=1YNN&amp;gpp=DBABL~BVQqAAAAAg&amp;gpp_sid=7&amp;client=ca-pub-3049143925983138&amp;output=html&amp;h=280&amp;num_ads=1&amp;adk=2072073738&amp;adf=1821075794&amp;abgtt=7&amp;w=775&amp;fwrn=4&amp;fwrnh=100&amp;lmt=1783323304&amp;rafmt=1&amp;armr=3&amp;sem=mc&amp;pwprc=4018519472&amp;ad_type=text_image&amp;format=775x280&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fspaceexplored.com%2F2021%2F12%2F18%2Fohio-man-sending-his-music-to-oumuamua-asteroid-in-an-attempt-to-make-first-contact%2F&amp;host=ca-host-pub-5506057612223327&amp;fwr=0&amp;pra=3&amp;rh=194&amp;rw=774&amp;rpe=1&amp;resp_fmts=3&amp;asro=0&amp;aimartd=4&amp;aieuf=1&amp;aicrs=1&amp;fa=27&amp;dt=1783323304717&amp;bpp=1&amp;bdt=3259&amp;idt=1&amp;shv=r20260701&amp;mjsv=m202606300101&amp;ptt=9&amp;saldr=aa&amp;abxe=1&amp;cookie=ID%3Dee20989454fe3a9b%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783323257%3AS%3DALNI_Ma_zHTC64Egiec_8HQYi2Rx5xEg8w&amp;gpic=UID%3D000014159597bb56%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783323257%3AS%3DALNI_MaDaRPwkK2fSZM7WKlqA_MSZIQskQ&amp;eo_id_str=ID%3De1bb4dd402f9f648%3AT%3D1783311432%3ART%3D1783323257%3AS%3DAA-Afjbi-FNlbfsUQCZWSNVtf2-j&amp;prev_fmts=0x0%2C336x280%2C775x280&amp;nras=3&amp;correlator=1005539608591&amp;frm=20&amp;pv=1&amp;u_tz=480&amp;u_his=1&amp;u_h=960&amp;u_w=1707&amp;u_ah=912&amp;u_aw=1707&amp;u_cd=24&amp;u_sd=1.5&amp;dmc=8&amp;adx=96&amp;ady=2184&amp;biw=1421&amp;bih=637&amp;scr_x=0&amp;scr_y=0&amp;eid=95395661%2C31099493%2C95390277%2C95393484&amp;oid=2&amp;pvsid=4268585519478088&amp;tmod=770720130&amp;uas=0&amp;nvt=1&amp;fc=1408&amp;brdim=133%2C96%2C133%2C96%2C1707%2C0%2C1441%2C720%2C1438%2C637&amp;vis=1&amp;rsz=%7C%7Cs%7C&amp;abl=NS&amp;fu=128&amp;bc=31&amp;bz=1&amp;ifi=4&amp;uci=a!4&amp;btvi=3&amp;fsb=1&amp;dtd=31\" data-google-container-id=\"a!4\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"Advertisement\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-query-id=\"CKSIofDEvZUDFe3xTAIdoTAXng\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust like we\u2019re trying to get \u2018Oumuamua\u2019s attention, if we can get the scientific establishment\u2019s attention, then we will have succeeded,\u201d Hoagland said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also on the team is David Sereda, who helped create the musical and mathematical message to be sent to \u2018Oumuamua.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s so important to find out not only that we\u2019re not alone in the universe, but how to communicate with someone else out there in the universe,\u201d Sereda said. \u201cIt\u2019s going to have to be mathematical and or musical. That\u2019s where art meets science, music is a form of communication, and what establishes music are mathematical harmonies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At this point, you\u2019re probably wondering what the message to \u2018Oumuamua will be. The continuous transmission will feature Hill\u2019s original song Morning Star and mathematical code that hasn\u2019t been disclosed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cSo us giving out an olive branch is very important, so they understand, look, I think that they can handle this and they\u2019re not going to freak out,\u201d Hill stated. \u201cThe act of us trying to communicate with them is very, very important for all of us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the object is closely approaching Neptune\u2019s orbit, where it will continue to zoom away from Earth and leave entirely around 2026. You can track \u2018Oumuamua\u2019s current location and speed through a live simulated tracker by&nbsp;@SpaceIn3Dsite&nbsp;found&nbsp;here.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-enjoy-reading-space-explored\">Enjoy reading Space Explored?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Help others find us by following in <strong>Apple News<\/strong> and <strong>Google News<\/strong>. Be sure to check us out on YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, join our Discord, join the discussion on our Reddit, and don\u2019t forget the Space Explored podcast!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michael Lee Hill is an Ohio Native and musician, who hopes to make contact with \u2018Oumuamua using his music. \u2018Oumuamua, a Hawaiian word meaning \u201cscout,\u201d entered the solar system in 2017 and sparked headlines as the first known interstellar object. 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