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British Astronomers Turn To Interstellar Spam

Posted by kdawson on from the mmm-chips dept.

Barrista En Flambe alerts us to a stunt that may reflect the desperate funding crisis in British astronomy: astronomers have agreed to beam a 30-second Doritos ad to a solar system 42 light years from Earth. The transmission is being directed at the solar system of 47 Ursae Majoris, a star similar to the Sun which has planets and may have a habitable zone.

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  1. I for one by ZigZagHerring · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I for one welcome our new Dorito's-eating overlords!