The Beatles' peace anthem Across the Universe is being beamed into outer space by scientists at Nasa.

An avid fan persuaded the US space agency to do it to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the song's release.

If all goes according to plan, Nasa will transmit the Beatles tune via its deep space network at Midnight GMT.

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