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To be honest, anyone with an infrared scope
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To be honest,anyone with an infrared scope would be able to see this,but you know, it's...

Cosmos • 2019
To be honest,
anyone with an infrared scope would be able to see this,
but you know, it's not exactly drawing
attention to itself

Full Transcript

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To be honest, anyone with an infrared scope
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would be able to see this, but you know,
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it's not exactly drawing attention to itself.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
40
Timestamp in Movie
01:37:22
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
science fiction, mystery
Production
Elliander Pictures

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Movie Summary

Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
It's got to be a couple of hundred meters wide, - Cosmos 00:10
It's got to be a couple of hundred meters wide,
Unless you were combing systematically across the whole sky, - Cosmos 00:05
Unless you were combing systematically across the whole sky,
Look, it's transmitting, I mean, these pulses, - Cosmos 00:05
Look, it's transmitting, I mean, these pulses,
Why are they transmitting binary? Out of pure logic. - Cosmos 00:04
Why are they transmitting binary? Out of pure logic.
Yeah, two plus two will always equal four no matter where you come from. - Cosmos 00:04
Yeah, two plus two will always equal four no matter where yo...
If an alien civilization is intelligent enough to transmit, - Cosmos 00:06
If an alien civilization is intelligent enough to transmit,
Yeah, and if another civilization is advanced enough - Cosmos 00:06
Yeah, and if another civilization is advanced enough
Okay, Roy, get this, in the '70s, - Cosmos 00:08
Okay, Roy, get this, in the '70s,
No, not really, - Cosmos 00:05
No, not really,
I mean, they were aiming it at a star system - Cosmos 00:04
I mean, they were aiming it at a star system
Well, you're going to run up a hell of a bill - Cosmos 00:04
Well, you're going to run up a hell of a bill
I think everything's just moved - Cosmos 00:05
I think everything's just moved
The arecibo is a simple binary code, - Cosmos 00:07
The arecibo is a simple binary code,
It's a visual message containing basic information - Cosmos 00:06
It's a visual message containing basic information
Earth biochemicals, the formula for DNA, that sort of thing. - Cosmos 00:04
Earth biochemicals, the formula for DNA, that sort of thing.
If I remember correctly, it's 73 columns wide - Cosmos 00:07
If I remember correctly, it's 73 columns wide
See, the base-10's is exactly the same as the original. We've got - Cosmos 00:11
See, the base-10's is exactly the same as the original....
If we can't get the files across before I lose that power, - Cosmos 00:04
If we can't get the files across before I lose that pow...
- I didn't pack 'em. - You mean you packed all this, - Cosmos 00:05
- I didn't pack 'em. - You mean you packed all thi...
We might be the only ones getting this data, - Cosmos 00:05
We might be the only ones getting this data,