OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On Nov 16, 1974, human beings delivered their initial message to the celebrities in an attempt to contact space beings. They did this using what was actually at that point the most extensive radio telescope on earth, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of researchers led through Frank Drake and Carl Sagan delivered their notification to the M13 galaxy.

The information was filled in binary code and also consisted of relevant information about individual DNA. It also featured bodies of a human, the planetary system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The tip was actually that if any sort of aliens were to obtain the signal as well as find out exactly how to decipher it, they will know where it came from.

Because M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any sort of M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are flatten there certainly. The Arecibo message is just one of many notifications planned for e.t.s. Our company have actually additionally consisted of information on numerous space capsule, such as Trailblazer and also Voyager.