OTD Precede – November 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Message

.On November 16, 1974, people sent their first notification to the celebrities in an attempt to speak to extraterrestrials. They performed this using what was at that point the most extensive radio telescope around the world, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of experts led by Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The message was actually written in binary code and also consisted of relevant information regarding individual DNA. It likewise featured figures of an individual, the planetary system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The idea was that if any aliens were actually to receive the indicator and identify exactly how to decipher it, they would recognize where it originated from.

Given that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will take 25,000 years for any M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are actually level there. The Arecibo message is actually a single of several messages aimed for e.t.s. Our team have additionally featured notifications on a number of space capsule, like Pioneer as well as Voyager.