OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On November 16, 1974, human beings sent their very first information to the superstars in an attempt to call extraterrestrials. They performed this using what was actually after that the most extensive radio telescope around the world, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of researchers led by Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan sent their notification to the M13 galaxy.

The information was written in binary code and had relevant information regarding human DNA. It additionally featured amounts of a human, the solar system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was that if any invaders were actually to get the signal and also identify how to translate it, they will know where it arised from.

Considering that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are level certainly there. The Arecibo information is only one of several notifications planned for space beings. Our company have actually also consisted of messages on several space probe, such as Trailblazer and also Voyager.