.On November 16, 1974, people sent their initial message to the celebrities in a try to consult with extraterrestrials. They performed this utilizing what was actually then the largest radio telescope on the planet, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of experts led through Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 star cluster.
The message was recorded binary code and also included info concerning individual DNA. It likewise featured bodies of an individual, the planetary system and also the Arecibo telescope. The concept was actually that if any type of aliens were actually to acquire the indicator as well as figure out exactly how to translate it, they would certainly recognize where it originated from.
Given that M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will definitely take 25,000 years for any M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are level certainly there. The Arecibo information is a single of a number of notifications intended for extraterrestrials. Our company have actually also included notifications on several spacecraft, like Trailblazer and also Voyager.