.On Nov 16, 1974, people sent their 1st message to the stars in an attempt to contact space beings. They did this utilizing what was actually after that the biggest radio telescope in the world, located at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of experts led by Frank Drake and also Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 star cluster.
The message was actually filled in binary code and contained information concerning human DNA. It also featured numbers of a human, the planetary system and also the Arecibo telescope. The idea was actually that if any invaders were to acquire the indicator and also determine how to decipher it, they would certainly know where it arised from.
Due to the fact that M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will definitely take 25,000 years for any type of M13 aliens to hear our notification– if they are actually even out certainly there. The Arecibo notification is actually a single of several messages intended for extraterrestrials. Our company have actually additionally featured information on numerous space capsule, including Leader and also Voyager.