Month: August 2001

Chilbolton Observatory Arecibo Response

In August 2001 a formation appeared in a field beside the Chilbolton radio telescope in Hampshire. It copies the layout of the Arecibo message, the picture in binary that humanity sent towards the star cluster M13 in 1974. It changes key details as if answering it. The reply adds silicon to the elements of life, […]

The Chilbolton Formations and the Arecibo Message

In August 2001 two formations appeared beside the Chilbolton radio telescope in Hampshire. One was a face. The other looked like a reply to the message humanity sent into space in 1974. Together with earlier formations in the same field, they make Chilbolton the most important site in the catalogue. The Arecibo message On 16 […]