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In 1974, the Arecibo radio telescope transmitted a message to contact extraterrestrials. The message was designed by Frank Drake. Here's what it says.

00:00 Start
01:40 Magellan TV
02:35 History of the message and M13
04:35 How the message was sent
05:26 Message Structure
06:30 Decoding the first 10 numbers from binary
08:20 Atomic elements and DNA
09:41 Depiction of humanity and population
10:51 Depiction of Arecibo
11:36 Testing the message and dangers
14:00 We're disappearing
15:19 Possible signal detected?

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References:
Astrobiology interview with Frank Drake (2007): https://www.astrobio.net/alienlife/t...
Arecibo Message Project: https://www.naic.edu/pkg/webutils/cha...
Encyclopedia Galactica (Write Science): https://writescience.wordpress.com/20...

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