The Beatles' peace anthem "Across The Universe" has been selected as the first song to be beamed into deep space. The tune will celebrate its 40th anniversary with a blast-off on Monday.

Experts at NASA will aim the sonic blast to go further than any orbiting spacecraft. It will reach Polaris (The North Star) in 431 years. To commemorate the event, NASA bosses have declared February 4 "Across The Universe Day," and they are asking the world's Beatles fans to celebrate the historic moment by playing the song at the same time across the globe.

The Deep Space Network antenna will beam Across The Universe into outer space at 7 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Standard Time) on Monday. Paul McCartney is delighted with the news, stating, "Amazing! Well done NASA! Send my love to the aliens."

And John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono adds, "I see that this is the beginning of the new age in which we will communicate with billions of planets across the universe."

Though this will be the first time that music has ever been beamed into Deep Space, NASA has a long history of transmitting Beatles songs to spacecraft as wake-up music for their astronauts.

"Here Comes The Sun," "Ticket To Ride" and "A Hard Day's Night" are among the Fab Four's songs that have been astronaut favorites over the years.

And McCartney became the first person to ever perform live music that was relayed into space - he gave a concert that was beamed to the International Space Station in November 2005.

(This news article provided by World Entertainment News Network)