.On Nov 16, 1974, humans sent their very first information to the celebrities in an attempt to contact space beings. They did this utilizing what was then the biggest broadcast telescope worldwide, positioned at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. A group of experts led through Frank Drake and Carl Sagan sent their information to the M13 star cluster.
The information was actually written in binary code and contained relevant information about individual DNA. It likewise consisted of numbers of an individual, the solar system and the Arecibo telescope. The idea was that if any kind of aliens were to receive the indicator and also identify how to decipher it, they would certainly know where it originated from.
Because M13 is 25,000 light-years away, it will certainly take 25,000 years for any kind of M13 aliens to hear our information– if they are actually flatten there. The Arecibo information is actually only one of many messages planned for extraterrestrials. Our company have actually also included information on a number of spacecraft, including Leader as well as Voyager.