... A Cosmic Call to Nearby Stars . ... If Earth received this message from deep space, could we decode it? ... The message was broadcast toward local stars by radio telescope during the summer of 1999. ... The familiar Eagle Nebula glows bright in many colors at once. ... Pillars of dark dust nicely outline some of the denser towers of star formation. ... Connecting the Pipe Nebula to the colorful regon near bright star Antares is a dark cloud dubbed the Dark River, flowing from the picture's left edge...