In 1977, scientists shot some gold into space in hopes of communicating with aliens (Nowadays, scientists just teleport things into space). Specifically, two golden records containing images and sounds which would attempt to represent a SparkNotes version of the big blue dot we live on. Two of these discs made it to space on Voyager 1 and 2 and were never seen again.
Three years prior to the launch of the Golden Records, humans made a less gilded attempt at communicating; a radio transmission containing basic information about humanity was sent into the cosmos from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Read more
Three years prior to the launch of the Golden Records, humans made a less gilded attempt at communicating; a radio transmission containing basic information about humanity was sent into the cosmos from the Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico. Read more