The universe is a nigo place. We do not know why it exists, and there are many unanswered questions as to how. But what if it was created for an intelligent entity purpose? Is there any way we can find it?

In 2005, Suggested by a pair of physicists, that if there had been a creator, they could have encoded a message in the background radiation of the universe, which is left when light is released to flow freely through space. The light of this Cosmic microwave background (CMB).

Currently, astrophysicist and breakthrough listener at the Soneberg Observatory in Germany is searching for this message, translating CMB’s temperature variations into a binary bitstream.

What he retrieved seems utterly meaningless.

Hipke’s essay describing his methods and discoveries Uploaded to pre-print server arXiv, (Therefore not yet synced); Extracted bitstream is included in this work so other interested parties can study it themselves.

The cosmic microwave background is an incredibly useful remnant of the early universe. It begins about 380,000 years later big Bang. Prior to this, the universe was completely dark and opaque, so hot and dense atoms could not form; Protons and electrons fly around in the form of ionized plasma.

As the universe cools and expands, the combination of those protons and electrons, called the neutral hydrogen atoms, is called the age of recombination. Space is clear, and light can move freely through it for the first time.

This first light can still be found today, albeit very dim, but all known places will suffice. That is the CMB. Since the early universe was unattractive, density variations in the age of recombination are evident today in small fluctuations in the temperature of the CMB.

Because of this ubiquity, theoretical physicists Stephen Huss And the University of Oregon Anthony c Santa Barbara of the University of California argued that – fully and theoretically – CMB would create the perfect billboard to deliver a message that is visible to all technological civilizations in the universe.

“Our work does not in any way support the intelligent design movement.” She wrote in her 2006 essay, “But the media is asking and trying to answer the complete scientific question of what the message might be if there really was a message.”

They suggested that a binary message could be encoded in temperature variations in the CMB. This is what the hip hop tried to do – first address the claims raised by Hussein and Zee, and then try to find a message using the data.

“[Hsu and Zee’s] First, the assumption that some great person created the universe. Second, the Creator really wanted to let us know that the universe was created premeditated. ” Hipke wrote.

“Then, the question is: how do they send a message? CMB is the obvious choice, because it’s the largest billboard in the sky, and it’s visible to all technological civilizations. Hussein and Zee continue a message. . “

Hipke found several problems with these claims. The first is that the CMB is still cooling. It started at about 3,000 Kelvin; Now, 13.4 billion years later, it is 2.7 Kelvin. As the universe ages, CMB gradually becomes less detectable. This may take 10 dvodecillion years (10)⁴⁰), But the CMB will fade.

Putting it aside, Discovered in 2006 by physicists, In response to Hussein and Xi’s paper, it is unlikely that different observers in different places would see the same thing in the CMB sky. In addition, Hipke argues that we cannot see the entire CMB because the front of the Milky Way is ejected. We have only one sky to measure, it presents Inherent statistical uncertainty We perform in every observation of the universe.

Based on these limitations, HipK estimates that the data content will be much lower than that suggested by HS and C – just 1,000 bits. This provided a good framework for the actual search for the message.

The Planck satellite and the Wilkinson microwave anisotropy probe (WMAP) observed and recorded temperature fluctuations in the CMB. From these datasets, Hipke extracts his bitstream, compares the results on each dataset, and finds matching bits.

The first 500 bits of the message are illustrated below. The black values ​​were similar in the Planck and WMAP datasets, which are assumed to be accurate with 90 percent probability. The values ​​in red vary; Hipke chose Planck values, which are only 60 percent accurate.

(M. Hipke, RXive, 2020)

He found that changing values ​​did not improve the situation. Searching the online encyclopedia of integer sequences yielded no convincing results, nor did it change the data about the infinite future.

“I did not find any meaningful message in the original bit-stream.” Hipke wrote.

“We may conclude that there is no clear message in the CMB sky. Yet it is not clear whether there was a creator, whether we live in a simulation, or whether the message was printed correctly in the previous section. To understand that.”

With or without any of these options, the CMB has a lot to say, as beautifully mentioned in its 2005 response to Hussein and Zio.

“CMB Sky encodes a lot of information about the structure of the universe and the nature of physics at high energy levels.” Written by physicists Douglas Scott and James Sibin At the University of British Columbia.

“The universe has given us a message of our own.”

Hipkey’s paper can be read in its entirety arXiv.