Near the Sun, you find a malfunctioning warp beacon which is broadcasting a distress signal in a navigational channel. It looks like it's been damaged by solar radiation, and some of its data[1] have been corrupted. If you can recover it, perhaps it will point at you to something interesting.

Hint: This[2] list might be of interest to you 

[1]https://2013.picoctf.com/problems/recovery.zip
[2]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_file_signatures