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

.On Nov 16, 1974, people sent their very first notification to the superstars in a try to talk to space beings. They performed this utilizing what was at that point the most extensive broadcast telescope in the world, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of researchers led through Frank Drake and Carl Sagan delivered their notification to the M13 star cluster.

The message was written in binary code and also had information concerning human DNA. It additionally featured numbers of a human, the planetary system and the Arecibo telescope. The idea was actually that if any sort of invaders were actually to get the sign as well as determine exactly how to decode it, they would certainly understand where it arised from.

Since M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any kind of M13 invaders to hear our information– if they are actually flatten certainly there. The Arecibo notification is actually only one of numerous messages wanted for space beings. We have also consisted of information on a number of space probe, including Leader and also Voyager.