OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On November 16, 1974, humans delivered their first notification to the celebrities in a try to talk to e.t.s. They performed this using what was at that point the largest broadcast telescope around the world, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of researchers led through Frank Drake and Carl Sagan sent their notification to the M13 galaxy.

The information was actually written in binary code and had info concerning individual DNA. It additionally featured figures of a human, the planetary system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The concept was actually that if any kind of aliens were actually to get the signal and identify how to translate it, they would understand where it stemmed from.

Given that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any kind of M13 invaders to hear our information– if they are actually level there certainly. The Arecibo information is actually only one of a number of messages meant for e.t.s. Our company have likewise included information on a number of space probe, like Trailblazer and also Voyager.