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

.On November 16, 1974, people delivered their initial message to the stars in a try to call space beings. They performed this using what was after that the largest broadcast telescope in the world, found at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of experts led through Frank Drake as well as Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The message was filled in binary code and also included information regarding human DNA. It additionally consisted of figures of a human, the planetary system as well as the Arecibo telescope. The concept was actually that if any sort of aliens were to acquire the signal and figure out how to decode it, they will understand where it came from.

Since M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any M13 aliens to hear our message– if they are flatten certainly there. The Arecibo information is actually only one of many messages intended for e.t.s. Our company have actually likewise featured information on several space capsule, including Pioneer and also Voyager.