OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Notification

.On Nov 16, 1974, human beings delivered their 1st message to the celebrities in an effort to get in touch with extraterrestrials. They did this utilizing what was at that point the largest radio telescope worldwide, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of scientists led through Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 galaxy.

The information was actually filled in binary code and also had information concerning human DNA. It additionally consisted of numbers of a human, the solar system and the Arecibo telescope. The concept was actually that if any kind of aliens were to get the indicator as well as identify how to decipher it, they would certainly understand where it stemmed from.

Because M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any kind of M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are actually flatten there certainly. The Arecibo notification is a single of a number of messages meant for e.t.s. Our team have actually additionally consisted of messages on several spacecraft, such as Pioneer as well as Voyager.