NASA to send art in deep space in an attempt to inform aliens about human life
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Space agencies like NASA are on the search for life that may exist outside our own planet. A new project by the US-based agency looks to make contact with extraterrestrial life in the universe through sending artwork.
NASA has teamed up with artist Julia Christensen to prepare a probe that will make a reconnaissance fly-by around Alpha Centauri. The probe will be carrying artwork made by Christensen, called the Tree of Life, and it will be beamed to any alien life found in Proxima b. Christensen will be partnering with NASA scientist Professor Anthony Freeman in the project organized by the Art + Technology Lab of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.