OTD Precede – Nov 16: Arecibo Observatory Broadcasts Interstellar Information

.On Nov 16, 1974, humans delivered their first information to the stars in a try to speak to extraterrestrials. They performed this using what was then the largest broadcast telescope on earth, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of experts led through Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan delivered their information to the M13 galaxy.

The message was recorded binary code as well as had info about individual DNA. It additionally featured numbers of a human, the solar system and also the Arecibo telescope. The idea was actually that if any type of invaders were to receive the signal and also determine exactly how to translate it, they will understand where it stemmed from.

Due to the fact that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it will take 25,000 years for any sort of M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are even out there. The Arecibo message is actually just one of several notifications intended for e.t.s. Our experts have also featured messages on many space probe, such as Pioneer as well as Voyager.