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

.On Nov 16, 1974, people sent their very first message to the superstars in a try to get in touch with space beings. They performed this utilizing what was after that the most extensive broadcast telescope worldwide, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of experts led through Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan sent their message to the M13 star cluster.

The information was written in binary code and also contained info about human DNA. It likewise included amounts of an individual, the solar system and also the Arecibo telescope. The concept was that if any kind of invaders were actually to get the signal and also find out how to translate it, they would certainly understand where it came from.

Because M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will take 25,000 years for any sort of M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are level certainly there. The Arecibo information is actually a single of numerous notifications planned for extraterrestrials. Our company have actually also included messages on a number of space probe, like Leader as well as Voyager.