OTD In Space – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On Nov 16, 1974, humans delivered their very first notification to the celebrities in an effort to speak to e.t.s. They performed this utilizing what was actually then the largest radio telescope on earth, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of researchers led through Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 star cluster.

The notification was actually written in binary code as well as contained information regarding individual DNA. It additionally included bodies of an individual, the solar system and the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was that if any type of invaders were actually to receive the indicator and also figure out how to translate it, they would understand where it stemmed from.

Considering that M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are actually level there certainly. The Arecibo notification is just one of several notifications planned for space beings. We have actually also included information on several spacecraft, like Pioneer as well as Voyager.