A radio astronomer whose lifelong search for an intelligible signal places her at the center of humanity's first verified extraterrestrial message.
This public dossier identifies the entity without exposing its outcome. Story-specific roles and relationships unlock from your reading progress.
Story function
Radio astronomer and central viewpoint
From Chapter 1
Eleanor Arroway
character
Ideas illuminated
Further conceptual links remain sealed.
Contact
Encountered by Chapter 1Ellie's need for evidence, intellectual independence, and meaningful contact carries the story from childhood radios to Project Argus.
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