HOW SENDING THE MESSAGE WORKS
in Deep Space

Sending a message into deep space with Star Bottle is quick and easy. Choose the content you want to send into space, choose the destination,  the date and you're done. We will transform your message into binary code and transmit it into deep space.

In 2024, the chosen available dates are iconic and significant.

What can I send with STAR BOTTLE® in Deep Space

You can send a text, a photo, un video, or buy a mix of multiple combinations. 

Your message will be translated into “Binary Code", the universal mathematical language adopted by NASA and SETI since 1984, for communications towards Deep Space.

Which destinations and dates can I choose?

Launching on  December 21, 2024

Winter Solstice

The winter solstice, which occurs around 21 December in the northern hemisphere, is the shortest day of the year and marks the beginning of astronomical winter. During this event, the Earth's axis is tilted so that the North Pole is further away from the Sun, resulting in a shorter daylight duration. At the winter solstice, the Sun reaches its maximum angular distance below the celestial equator. This phenomenon is celebrated by many cultures with festivals and rituals symbolising the rebirth of the Sun and the gradual lengthening of the days.

Destinations you can choose

Sirius

È la stella più luminosa del cielo ed è raggiungibile viaggiando per circa 8,6 anni alla velocità della luce, caratteristiche che di per sé ne fanno già un target molto interessante per il progetto “Star Bottle”. È inoltre un astro visibilissimo nelle Notti di Capodanno. Gli Egizi facevano iniziare il loro anno quando rivedevano in cielo Sirio dopo un periodo di invisibilità. Intorno alla stella Sirio si è sviluppato nei secoli l’enigma dei Dogon. Questo popolo è un gruppo etnico del Mali, noto per le sue conoscenze della stella. Questa civiltà sarebbe stata da sempre al corrente della presenza di un secondo corpo celeste orbitante intorno a Sirio, con un periodo di rivoluzione di 50 anni. Conoscenze raggiunte dagli astronomi solo in epoca moderna. Una curiosità ulteriore: il celebre album Eye in the Sky degli Alan Parsons Project inizia proprio con un brano strumentale dedicato alla stella Sirio.

Sagittarius A*

Sagittarius A*, the large, indeed immense, black hole 26,670 light years away from Earth, which became "popular" thanks to the 2022 photo from the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). Sagittarius A* has a mass equal to 4.3 million "Suns" put together: a size that reaches 44 million km (the distance between our Sun and Mercury). Star Bottle's Sagittarius A* target represents an infinite journey through time for all of us. Our message will travel inexorably for the next few centuries the distance from Earth to the center of the Milky Way, where the black hole Sagittarius A* controls the life and time of the galaxy.

Europa/Jupiter

The Jovian moon Europa hosts, beneath its icy surface, an ocean of liquid water. Water is the basic element of life, at least as we know it. Therefore, being able to have a basin of liquid water on a celestial body in our Solar System unleashes fantasy and imagination on what life forms could develop in a similar environment that we also find on Earth, under the ice of Antarctica , where Lake Vostok presents conditions perhaps similar to those of the ocean of Europa. This is why the ESA (European Space Agency) Juice mission set off towards the Jupiter system last April: to closely explore its satellites, focusing on this topic and in particular on Europa, the satellite discovered in the distant nights of January 1610, by Galileo Galilei. Sending a message to Europa and its oceans therefore means retracing the evolutionary history of our planet, which started from the marine expanses. Life on this Moon may already be present.

What are the destination and date?

Launch August 10, 2025

The Night of the Stars

Destination milky way

The Night of the Stars, which is celebrated on August 10, is one of the most magical evenings of the year, dedicated to the observation of shooting stars, the Perseids. This astronomical phenomenon, commonly known as Tears of San Lorenzo, offers a suggestive show in the summer sky, with dozens of meteors crossing the atmosphere, lighting it up for a few moments. According to popular tradition, making a wish while seeing a shooting star brings good luck. Many enthusiasts gather in places far from light pollution to enjoy the view at its best, between events, guided observations and evenings spent outdoors. It is a perfect time to rediscover the charm of the sky and be enchanted by the mystery of the universe!

Millions of stars and infinite galaxies full of fascination and mystery, dark matter and energies yet to be known.

While sending messages, with Star Bottle®, we will be able to approach the stars, launching our message, towards the heart of our galaxy: Milky Way.

In fact, our planet and our solar system belong to the Milky Way,a Barred Spiral Galaxythat boasts an immense size for us. The estimated age of the Milky Way is 13.7 billion years.

The name Milky Way, derived from the Greek word for the faint whitish 'milky' looking band of light that crosses diagonally across the yellow sphere formed by the stars and nebulae in the galactic disc itself.

Relativamente all’equatore celeste, la Via Lattea passa nel suo estremo nord nella Costellazione di Cassiopea e nell’esterno sud in quella della Croce del Sud.

The Milky Way consists of more than a hundred billion stars that in turn contain solar systems like ours where life may have developed in a similar way to Earth. 

Many film sagas and science fiction novels have centred on our galaxy, today it is you who write your own unique, exclusive, universal message!

What do I get when I purchase a message?

STAR BOTTLE® certifies the sending of your message!

LAUNCH BOOKING CERTIFICATE

Exclusive to Star Bottle®: this is the document certifying your purchase and your booking of the launch on the date you selected.

PRE-LAUNCH COUNTDOWN

The countdown to your launch begins. We will accompany you, on the site, until the launch date, counting the seconds until GO!

MESSAGE SENDING CERTIFICATE

Star Bottle® will issue you with a 'Launch Accomplished' certificate, which will contain not only the date and time of sending, but also the direction of your message.

Personalize your Messages!

Advice and proposals to help you experience the "Space Launch" with imagination 

 

Do you want to share your love and affection, inside a "space bottle", traveling through the Universe?

We recommend: 

  • Purchase Text (written text, declaration of love, poems or promises)
  • Purchase of Photos (a timeless photographic memory. Photos together forever in Space)
  • Video purchase (a souvenir video, the most beautiful moments spent together will travel among the mysteries of the Galaxy)

Do you want to send a memory to your 4-legged friends' space?

Your 4-legged friends will travel with you among the stars!

We recommend: 

  • Purchase Photos
  • Acquisto Video



Your family united for a journey to new worlds, inside a "star bottle"

We recommend: 

  • video of a family trip
  • photo of a family trip

Do you want to share in space a loved one who is no longer here?

We recommend:    

  • Purchase of Text (text written to remember and imprint, in Space, the memory of a lifetime)
  • Photo Purchase (because the face of the one you love travels forever, among the stars)
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