Space mystery! Laser message from 140 million miles to Earth!
Space mystery! Laser message from 140 million miles to Earth!A Psyche laser communication demo has successfully sent a signal from 140 million miles away. 140 million miles is 1.5 times the distance between Earth and the Sun. According to the American space agency nasa, the Earth has received a mysterious signal from a distance in space. Approximately 140 million miles away, NASA's new spacecraft "Psyche" provided the information.In october 2023, nasa launched the Psych spaceflight. The Psyche satellite sent towards the asteroid Psyche 16 is thought to be primarily made of metal. Such meteorites are rare in the Solar System. It is said to be situated between the planets Mars and Jupiter.The Psyche satellite exploring the asteroid is also capable of testing laser communications. Psyche is equipped with Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) system. It aims to make laser communication possible over long distances in space. Psych primarily uses radio frequency communication. Also includes optical communications technology. In a notable achievement in this project, a laser communication demo successfully transmitted a signal from 140 million miles away. 140 million miles is 1.5 times the distance between Earth and the Sun.The DSOC successfully communicated with the Psych satellite's radio transmitter. It allows information and engineering data to be transmitted from the spacecraft directly to Earth. meera Srinivasan, executive director of the project, who works at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in Southern California, said the aim of the project was to assess whether laser communications could perform better than traditional methods.