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

.On November 16, 1974, people delivered their very first notification to the superstars in an attempt to get in touch with e.t.s. They did this utilizing what was actually then the largest radio telescope worldwide, situated at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of scientists led through Frank Drake and Carl Sagan delivered their message to the M13 star cluster.

The information was written in binary code as well as included relevant information about individual DNA. It likewise included bodies of a human, the solar system and the Arecibo telescope. The idea was that if any type of aliens were actually to acquire the indicator and determine how to decode it, they would certainly know where it originated from.

Given that M13 is actually 25,000 light-years away, it is going to take 25,000 years for any type of M13 aliens to hear our message– if they are flatten certainly there. The Arecibo message is actually a single of many notifications wanted for space beings. Our company have also featured messages on numerous spacecraft, including Leader and also Voyager.