OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Notification

.On November 16, 1974, people delivered their 1st message to the superstars in an effort to contact space beings. They performed this utilizing what was after that the largest radio telescope on the planet, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of scientists led by Frank Drake and Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The notification was recorded binary code and also contained info concerning human DNA. It likewise consisted of bodies of a human, the solar system and also the Arecibo telescope. The concept was actually that if any aliens were to acquire the indicator and figure out how to decipher it, they would recognize where it came from.

Since M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will take 25,000 years for any type of M13 aliens to hear our message– if they are flatten there certainly. The Arecibo message is actually a single of a number of messages meant for e.t.s. Our company have actually additionally consisted of notifications on a number of space probe, including Leader and Voyager.