Zadanie nr 5 z Matury rozszerzonej z angielskiego 2026

In late May 2023, three radio astronomy observatories detected a strange signal which was apparently coming from somewhere around Mars. The mysterious transmission seemed to be a message from intelligent life trying to contact Earth.5.1.Apart from being an artist, she works as a licensed radio operator at the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence Institute and the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia, USA.

De Paulis’ message, which is part of a project called A Sign in Space, is a test run of what it might be like for humans to receive – and try to decipher – an extraterrestrial message. This kind of experiment should have been carried out a long time ago.5.2.Isn’t it strange that they’ve never really investigated what receiving and trying to decipher such a message would be like?

In order to turn this idea into reality, de Paulis worked with a group that included – among others – astronomers and anthropologists. They met on a monthly basis, brainstorming ideas on what an alien civilization might send us.5.3.This measure was taken to prevent the details of the plan from being leaked, thus endangering the whole project. Finally, after much preparation, de Paulis decided to transmit the encoded message. On May 24, 2023, a spacecraft orbiting Mars sent the message to Earth, where it was received by astronomers in northern California, West Virginia and Italy.5.4.Their theories about what the message might contain are plentiful, with speculation about possible connections to chemistry, DNA structure and numerical systems. Anyone can join the discussion on the project’s dedicated website. So far, the content of the message has been kept strictly confidential.5.5.She definitely won’t be doing it too soon. Decoding the message must take time because it requires people with different skills to collaborate. “An extraterrestrial message would belong to all humanity, so we should all have the possibility to contribute to its interpretation,” she says.

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A. In the later phase of the project, she narrowed the group down to just three people
in order to maintain confidentiality.
B. After all, scientists have been searching for signals from outer space for more than
60 years.
C. It wasn’t the first time she had managed to send a mysterious signal which was received
in outer space.
D. However, the intercepted communication, though sent from space, originated on Earth
and was the work of Daniela de Paulis.
E. Daniela de Paulis has decided that she will only begin to give clues if people are really
struggling with deciphering the message.
F. Since then, researchers and amateur codebreakers alike have been making a great effort
to decipher the message de Paulis transmitted.