OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Notification

.On Nov 16, 1974, humans delivered their first message to the stars in a try to get in touch with extraterrestrials. They performed this utilizing what was at that point the most extensive radio telescope around the world, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of experts led through Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 galaxy.

The notification was recorded binary code as well as contained information regarding individual DNA. It likewise featured bodies of an individual, the planetary system and also the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was actually that if any aliens were actually to get the signal and also figure out just how to decode it, they would know where it stemmed from.

Considering that M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any type of M13 aliens to hear our information– if they are flatten there. The Arecibo information is actually a single of numerous information planned for space beings. Our company have likewise featured notifications on numerous space probe, including Pioneer as well as Voyager.