OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Notification

.On Nov 16, 1974, humans sent their first message to the celebrities in an effort to get in touch with space beings. They did this utilizing what was actually after that the most extensive broadcast telescope around the world, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of researchers led through Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 star cluster.

The message was written in binary code as well as had info concerning human DNA. It additionally included numbers of an individual, the planetary system and the Arecibo telescope. The idea was that if any kind of invaders were to receive the signal and figure out just how to decode it, they would certainly recognize where it stemmed from.

Considering that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any sort of M13 invaders to hear our notification– if they are actually flatten there certainly. The Arecibo information is just one of several notifications intended for space beings. We have actually additionally consisted of messages on several space capsule, such as Trailblazer as well as Voyager.