Amidst the joy and excitement of the post-ceremony celebrations, Ophélie took the floor to express her gratitude to her friends and family, leaving them in suspense about the night’s meal.

A guest then made a dramatic entrance donning a McDonald’s uniform, carrying two bulging bags of fast-food delicacies, sparking laughter and applause among the gathering.

The decision to have McDonald’s as their caterer stemmed from the couple’s long-standing love for the fast-food giant. Thomas and Ophélie shared their childhood dreams of having McDonald’s cater their wedding, and as they embarked on this new journey together, their dream finally turned into a reality.

Opting for all the burgers from the McDonald’s menu, they consciously omitted fries to preserve their deliciousness. A specially chosen pastry chef made their wedding cake, and a delightful assortment of additional sweets rounded off their dessert offerings.

Anticipating a mixed reaction from their guests, especially their intimate gathering of 45 loved ones, the couple acknowledged that their choice of McDonald’s might raise eyebrows. However, their worries were laid to rest as guests, initially hesitant, eventually embraced the unconventional catering choice. Despite reservations, the majority found delight in the surprise!

Humankind’s interest in extraterrestrial aliens is long-muddled in facts and long-celebrated in fiction. But the scientific search for alien existence has never really stopped. Now, wooing the hardcore enthusiasts and theorists, the search for alien civilization in our galaxy is about to be expanded hugely. A new collaboration between the Breakthrough Listen initiative and the MeerKAT observatory in South Africa is to target more than 1 million stars near our planet. The project will search for technosignatures, the potential evidence of extraterrestrial intelligence.

The Project’s Telescope

The MeerKAT observatory in South Africa offers incredible gear, including the largest radio telescope in the whole Southern Hemisphere. As the main tool for the project, this telescope is being constructed with a total of 64 MeerKAT antennas, thanks to the new collaboration between the engineers from the South African Radio Astronomy Observatory (SARAO) and the Breakthrough Listen team. Increasing the number of targets by a factor of 1000 for alien searching, the telescope will provide data almost 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for two years.

The Broader Possibility

This new search for alien existence will complement similar works in progress, most notably with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT) in the USA and the Parkes Telescope in Australia. Both require the motion of their antennas to point at their targets, something that won’t be necessary for the MeerKAT one. As Dr. Andrew Siemion, the Principal Investigator of Breakthrough Listen explained, the new supercomputer of the project enables the scientists to combine signals from all 64 dishes to get high-resolution and excellently sensitive scans of the targeted stars. The highly increased number of techno signature targets and a shorter period of just two years has broadened the field of search for alien life to a great extent, bringing possible interesting results in the near future.