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

.On November 16, 1974, people delivered their first notification to the stars in an attempt to talk to space beings. They performed this using what was actually then the most extensive broadcast telescope in the world, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A team of experts led through Frank Drake and Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The message was filled in binary code and contained information about individual DNA. It likewise consisted of amounts of an individual, the planetary system and also the Arecibo telescope. The suggestion was that if any type of invaders were to obtain the indicator and find out just how to decipher it, they would certainly know where it came from.

Given that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any sort of M13 invaders to hear our message– if they are actually flatten there. The Arecibo information is only one of a number of notifications intended for space beings. Our company have actually also consisted of information on a number of space probe, such as Pioneer as well as Voyager.