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Arecibo message How researchers sent the first interstellar radio message and why they did it. November 16 2018 marks 44 years since researchers sent humankind’s first interstellar radio message - an achievement Google is celebrating with a Google Doodle. The Arecibo Message, sent from the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico in 1974, is a three-minute message of exactly 1,679 binary digits - which, if arranged in a specific way, can explain basic information about humanity and earth to extraterrestrial beings. Scientists sent the message via frequency modulated radio waves to a cluster of stars 25,000 light years away to demonstrate the power of the Arecibo radio telescope, which was the largest and most powerful in the world at the time. “It was a strictly symbolic event, to show that we could do it,” Cornell University professor of astronomy Donald Campbell recalled of the momentous event. The event moved some present to tears as researchers contemplated their own e

Google Doodle honors Tyrus Wong, along unrecognized Bambi illustrator. The 1942 Disney classic's striking appearance was created by Tyrus Wong, an Asian-American artist who drew inspiration from landscape paintings of the Song dynasty when he created the lush pastels that served as the movie's background paintings. One of the best known Asian-American artists of the 20th century, Wong created some of the most recognizable images in American culture over the course of a varied career. He worked as a greeting card illustrator for Hallmark Cards, a muralist for the Works Progress Administration, and even a kite designer. But it's for a contribution he made that initially wasn't properly noted that Google honored Wong with a video Doodle on his 108th birthday Thursday. Wong, who emigrated from China as a young boy, was initially credited as one of several background artists for the movie, even though he had actually served as lead artist on the project -- a contri