科学家向外星文明发送维基百科_BEC初级作文

科学家向外星文明发送维基百科

Wikipedia is becoming Wookiepedia as boffins hope the informative website will help us reach out to intelligent life forms.

维基百科（Wikipedia）真的要变身星战维基（Wookiepedia）了。加州研究人员希望这个百科式网站能帮助地外文明了解地球。

Astronomers would like to beam the entire contents of Wikipedia into space in the hope of contacting aliens.

天文学家希望能将整个维基百科送入太空，以联系外星人。

They want to send messages to hundreds of star systems and planets 20 light years away using radio telescopes.

运用无线电波望远镜，他们想把信息发送到距离地球20光年外的行星和星系。

The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute, in California, wants to use powerful radio telescopes to try to reachChewbacca and his mates in a galaxy far far away.

加州搜寻地外文明研究所（SETI）还希望用这种强大的无线电望远镜在遥远的河外星系寻找楚巴卡（Chewbacca，《星球大战》中的人物）和他的伙伴们。

The plans will be discussed by astronomers at the weekend as some scientists fear a reply from ET might not turn out to be friendly.

研究人员将在本周末对计划展开研讨，有科学家则担心外星人会回复不友好的信息。

Institute astrophysicist David Black said: “One question is if there are predators we might be drawing attention to ourselves. Another is if we go ahead, what message should be sent?