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

.On Nov 16, 1974, human beings sent their very first message to the superstars in a try to contact space beings. They did this using what was then the largest radio telescope in the world, positioned at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of scientists led through Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan sent their message to the M13 star cluster.

The message was actually recorded binary code as well as had relevant information about human DNA. It likewise featured numbers of a human, the solar system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The tip was that if any type of invaders were actually to obtain the signal as well as identify exactly how to decipher it, they would understand where it stemmed from.

Due to the fact that M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are actually flatten there certainly. The Arecibo information is actually only one of numerous notifications meant for extraterrestrials. Our team have likewise consisted of information on many spacecraft, including Leader as well as Voyager.