OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On November 16, 1974, humans delivered their first information to the celebrities in a try to get in touch with space beings. They did this using what was then the biggest broadcast telescope around the world, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of experts led through Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The notification was recorded binary code and had info concerning individual DNA. It also consisted of bodies of an individual, the planetary system and the Arecibo telescope. The idea was actually that if any sort of aliens were actually to receive the indicator and also figure out how to translate it, they will understand where it originated from.

Due to the fact that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any M13 invaders to hear our message– if they are actually even out certainly there. The Arecibo notification is a single of numerous messages intended for space beings. Our team have actually likewise included information on numerous space probe, such as Leader as well as Voyager.