{"id":1401,"date":"2026-01-08T16:01:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/?p=1401"},"modified":"2026-01-08T16:01:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T16:01:47","slug":"how-far-has-save-me-traveled-through-the-universe-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/how-far-has-save-me-traveled-through-the-universe-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"How far has SAVE ME traveled through the Universe so far&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIAhAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\">&#8230;the song is currently roughly 16 light-years away from Earth and is expected to reach the star system around the year <span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">2029<\/span>.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIAhAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 16px 0px; color: #0a0a0a;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIAhAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">The Darren Farris SAVE ME single transmission was part of a historic event in 2009 where Darren Farris\u2019s song &#8220;Save Me&#8221; was beamed toward the <span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\" data-processed=\"true\">Gliese 581<\/span>\u00a0star system.<button class=\"rBl3me\" style=\"margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box #e9ebf0; border-radius: 10px; height: 20px; padding: 0px; width: 20px; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; border: initial none initial;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"415e3e1c-7fbf-42c2-b09a-96fd891a3033\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=VbVCgd_d\/C5gNJc;class=VbVCgd_d\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjmqbLwpfyRAxVbOzQIHZdFDJsQye0OegYIAQgCEAE\"><\/button><\/div>\n<div class=\"Y3BBE\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; overflow-wrap: break-word; margin: 16px 0px; color: #0a0a0a;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-hveid=\"CAEIAxAA\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">Here are the specific details of that event:<button class=\"rBl3me\" style=\"margin: 0px 6px 0px 0px; background: none 0% 0% \/ auto repeat scroll padding-box border-box #e9ebf0; border-radius: 10px; height: 20px; padding: 0px; width: 20px; outline: 0px; cursor: pointer; border: initial none initial;\" tabindex=\"0\" data-amic=\"true\" data-icl-uuid=\"29387407-f6c8-45d4-88f6-b9166839f39a\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-wiz-attrbind=\"disabled=VbVCgd_h\/C5gNJc;class=VbVCgd_h\/UpSNec\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwjmqbLwpfyRAxVbOzQIHZdFDJsQye0OegYIAQgDEAE\"><\/button><\/div>\n<ul class=\"KsbFXc U6u95\" style=\"margin: 16px 0px; padding: 0px; font-family: 'Google Sans', Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding-inline-start: 16px; color: #0a0a0a;\" data-processed=\"true\" data-complete=\"true\">\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc; padding-inline-start: 4px;\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAA\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">The Destination:<\/span>\u00a0The signal was aimed at\u00a0<span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">Gliese 581<\/span>, a red dwarf star located approximately\u00a0<span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">20 light-years<\/span>\u00a0away in the constellation Libra. At the time, this system was of high interest to scientists because it was believed to have a planet (Gliese 581c) within the &#8220;habitable zone&#8221; where liquid water might exist.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc; padding-inline-start: 4px;\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAB\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">The Speed:<\/span>\u00a0Because radio waves travel at the\u00a0<span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">speed of light<\/span>, the song is currently roughly 16 light-years away from Earth and is expected to reach the star system around the year\u00a0<span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">2029<\/span>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; list-style: disc; padding-inline-start: 4px;\" data-hveid=\"CAEIBBAC\" data-complete=\"true\" data-sae=\"\"><span class=\"T286Pc\" style=\"overflow-wrap: break-word;\" data-sfc-cp=\"\" data-complete=\"true\"><span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">A &#8220;First&#8221; for the U.S.:<\/span>\u00a0While NASA had previously transmitted a song (The Beatles&#8217; &#8220;Across the Universe&#8221; in 2008) to the North Star, Polaris, Farris\u2019s 2009 event made him the first<span class=\"Yjhzub\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\" data-complete=\"true\">\u00a0U.S. artist<\/span>\u00a0to have his music intentionally beamed into deep space toward a potentially habitable planet.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;the song is currently roughly 16 light-years away from Earth and is expected to reach the star system around the year 2029. The Darren Farris SAVE ME single transmission was part of a historic event in 2009 where Darren Farris\u2019s song &#8220;Save Me&#8221; was beamed toward the Gliese 581\u00a0star system. Here are the specific details &#8230; <a title=\"How far has SAVE ME traveled through the Universe so far&#8230;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/how-far-has-save-me-traveled-through-the-universe-so-far\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How far has SAVE ME traveled through the Universe so far&#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rockfantasy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1401"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1403,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1401\/revisions\/1403"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/darrenfarris.com\/band\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}