OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Notification

.On Nov 16, 1974, human beings delivered their 1st notification to the celebrities in a try to contact e.t.s. They did this using what was then the biggest broadcast telescope worldwide, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of researchers led through Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan delivered their information to the M13 galaxy.

The information was actually recorded binary code as well as consisted of details regarding individual DNA. It also consisted of figures of a human, the planetary system and the Arecibo telescope. The tip was that if any invaders were to obtain the sign as well as identify exactly how to decipher it, they would understand where it came from.

Because M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any type of M13 invaders to hear our notification– if they are actually flatten certainly there. The Arecibo message is only one of several notifications aimed for space beings. We have likewise consisted of messages on many spacecraft, like Pioneer and also Voyager.