OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On Nov 16, 1974, humans sent their initial information to the stars in a try to call space beings. They performed this using what was actually after that the biggest radio telescope worldwide, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of scientists led by Frank Drake and Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The notification was written in binary code and contained information about human DNA. It additionally consisted of bodies of a human, the solar system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The concept was that if any aliens were actually to receive the indicator as well as find out how to translate it, they would certainly recognize where it came from.

Since M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any kind of M13 invaders to hear our information– if they are actually even out there certainly. The Arecibo message is actually a single of several information aimed for e.t.s. Our experts have actually also consisted of information on numerous space probe, like Trailblazer and also Voyager.