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...reversed the axes, he got a striking result: a collection of dots that looked to him like a sky map of the constellation Boötis (pronounced boh-oh-tis). Only the star Epsilon Boötis (actually a double star system whose members are popularly called Izar and Pucherrima) was significantly out of place. But Lunan had a ready explanation for that displacement. He says that it may well have been the space probe's way of saying that Epsilon Boötis was its place of origin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Message from a Star... | 4/9/1973 | See Source »

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