OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On November 16, 1974, people sent their first message to the superstars in an effort to call e.t.s. They did this utilizing what was actually then the biggest broadcast telescope in the world, positioned at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group 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 had details about human DNA. It additionally featured numbers of an individual, the planetary system and also the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was actually that if any invaders were actually to acquire the signal as well as figure out how to decode it, they will understand where it stemmed from.

Due to the fact that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any kind of M13 aliens to hear our message– if they are level there certainly. The Arecibo information is a single of numerous messages wanted for e.t.s. Our company have actually also consisted of notifications on numerous space capsule, like Pioneer as well as Voyager.