OTD In Space – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On November 16, 1974, people delivered their very first information to the celebrities in an effort to contact extraterrestrials. They performed this using what was actually after that the most extensive broadcast telescope on the planet, positioned at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of researchers led by Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan sent their notification to the M13 star cluster.

The message was recorded binary code as well as included info concerning individual DNA. It also included amounts of an individual, the planetary system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was that if any aliens were actually to get the indicator as well as figure out just how to decode it, they would certainly understand where it arised from.

Due to the fact that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will take 25,000 years for any sort of M13 invaders to hear our information– if they are actually even out certainly there. The Arecibo notification is just one of a number of information intended for extraterrestrials. We have also featured notifications on many space capsule, such as Pioneer as well as Voyager.