OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On November 16, 1974, humans delivered their initial information to the superstars in an effort to get in touch with e.t.s. They did this utilizing what was actually then the most extensive broadcast telescope on earth, positioned at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of researchers led by Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan delivered their notification to the M13 star cluster.

The notification was actually recorded binary code and included details concerning individual DNA. It additionally consisted of figures of a human, the planetary system and also the Arecibo telescope. The concept was that if any aliens were actually to receive the sign and also figure out how to translate it, they would certainly recognize where it arised 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 actually flatten certainly there. The Arecibo information is actually a single of several information aimed for space beings. Our team have additionally consisted of information on many spacecraft, such as Leader and Voyager.