JessiccaFact: outer space radio message
November 25th 2006 08:15
In 1974, a radio communication was transmitted toward a cluster of stars called M13 or Messier 13 (The Hercules Globular Cluster), approximately 25,000 light years away in the constellation Hercules, to explore the possibility of extraterrestrial intelligent life.
The digital message was beamed from a radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and contained some very basic information about the human race. It included representations of the fundamental chemicals of life, the formula for DNA, a crude diagram of our solar system, and simple pictures of a human being and the Arecibo telescope.
The digital message was beamed from a radio telescope at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico and contained some very basic information about the human race. It included representations of the fundamental chemicals of life, the formula for DNA, a crude diagram of our solar system, and simple pictures of a human being and the Arecibo telescope.
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