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"A Message from Earth" (actually 501 messages, including a photo of George W Bush chosen by Gillian Anderson to illustrate evil) sent in 2008 to earth-like planet Gliese 581c will arrive there in 2029 (simple.wikipedia.org)

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gliese_581c

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-70

https://web.archive.org/web/20081011142445/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/3166709/Messages-from-Earth-sent-to-distant-planet-by-Bebo.html

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[–] Chickenstalker@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Our definition of "life" is very narrow. Let's broaden it to the widest possible definition: A lifeform is any self-sustaining system that takes in energy against the entropic gradient to synthesize information storage/replication-systems for the ultimate purpose of creating a new generation of lifeforms. Once we broadened the definition, then we are no longer constrained by the Earth-centric conditions.