During the dedication of an upgrade to the Arecibo Observatory - then the largest single radio telescope in the world - a string of 1's and 0's representing the diagram was sent. This attempt at extraterrestrial communication was mostly ceremonial - humanity regularly broadcasts radio and television signals out into space accidentally. Even were this message received, M13 is so far away we would have to wait almost 50,000 years to hear an answer. The featured message gives a few simple facts about humanity and its knowledge: from left to right are numbers from one to ten, atoms including hydrogen and carbon, some interesting molecules, DNA, a human with description, basics of our Solar System, and basics of the sending telescope. Several searches for extraterrestrial intelligence are currently underway.
Source: NASA.
6 Comments
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 127d
I prefer this message which was also beamed into space. Fuck off, we don't want any! No solicitors!
glups@piefed.social · 4 pts · 127d
That's weird, I got a similar message on my ham radio the other day. It took a bit to decode, but it looks similar
ScrollerBall@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 127d
The Rest is Science did a good episode on it
Youtube
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DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 127d
It says Pluto is a planet.
TachyonTele@piefed.social · 3 pts · 127d
Oh man, the aliens are just going to laugh at us
:(
hark@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 127d
Looks like porn.