OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On Nov 16, 1974, people sent their initial notification to the superstars in an attempt to speak to e.t.s. They performed this using what was actually after that the largest broadcast telescope worldwide, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of scientists led by Frank Drake and Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 galaxy.

The information was filled in binary code as well as consisted of information about individual DNA. It additionally featured figures of an individual, the solar system and the Arecibo telescope. The concept was that if any sort of invaders were actually to receive the signal and also determine exactly how to decipher it, they would know where it arised from.

Since M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will definitely take 25,000 years for any type of M13 aliens to hear our message– if they are actually flatten there certainly. The Arecibo message is actually just one of several messages planned for space beings. Our company have actually also featured notifications on numerous spacecraft, including Pioneer as well as Voyager.