I think we can safely describe us beings on earth as an intelligent civilization, however, we can’t possibly be the only ones floating around in space! The universe is endless and so the civilizations must be too! Aliens have hardly ever reached out to us (very rude on their part) so scientists started thinking about how they could communicate with us. The answer was quantum messages. What is quantum communication? Is it like a text message?
Particles such as photons can travel large interstellar distances without losing their quantum nature which means that intelligent aliens can communicate with us using these light particles. This means that scientists who have been looking for extraterrestrial signals can also start looking for these quantum messages. These could be communicated to us via satellites or fibre optic cable networks. This enables secure communication unlike the communication now present on earth. That begs the question, why can’t we use quantum communication on earth?
Space as opposed to earth is a vacuum, it is less dense and has fewer obstacles that can interfere with the quantum properties of photon particles thus allowing these particles to retain their properties while travelling across thousands of light years of space. However our world evolves everyday and even what once seemed impossible is being made possible and hence our brilliant scientists and researches on earth, have previously used the quantum properties of light particles called photons to transmit messages securely to labs all around the world and theoretical physicist Arjun Berera says, ‘Scientists are currently developing Earth-based Quantum communication, a technology that uses quantum particles to send information and has the potential to be more secure than standard, or classical, communication (SN: 6/15/17). Intelligent extraterrestrials, if they’re out there, may have also adopted quantum communication.’
The only concern is that quantum particles can lose their strength when they interact with their surroundings which could destroy any sort of communication. However, the density of matter in space is less which may allow photons to travel thousands of light years thus aliens could potentially communicate with us!!
So, E.T if you are out there somewhere (or if your friends are) please message us!
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