The College of Journalism and Interstellar Communications

Wednesday September 23, 2026

Thirty-eight years ago, the College of Journalism and Communications (CJC) shot a radio signal into space. The signal’s destination was Eta Cassiopeiae, a star about 19 light years away from Earth with properties close enough to our sun that it could host alien life. As early as next month, if life in that solar system got that signal and had the technology to respond, we could get a response from our intergalactic pen pals.

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