OTD In Space – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On November 16, 1974, people sent their 1st message to the celebrities in an attempt to contact e.t.s. They did this utilizing what was actually at that point the most extensive broadcast telescope on the planet, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of scientists led by Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan delivered their notification to the M13 galaxy.

The message was recorded binary code and included information about individual DNA. It additionally featured figures of a human, the solar system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was that if any aliens were to acquire the signal and also find out how to decipher it, they would certainly know where it stemmed from.

Considering that M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will take 25,000 years for any type of M13 invaders to hear our information– if they are flatten certainly there. The Arecibo information is only one of several information planned for space beings. Our team have actually additionally included notifications on a number of spacecraft, such as Pioneer as well as Voyager.