How Astronomers Tried to Communicate with the Cosmos
The Arecibo message represented humanity's first significant attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence.
The Forgotten Star of Radio Astronomy
Ruby Payne-Scott helped revolutionize astronomy by pioneering radio astronomy, which allowed scientists to explore the universe using radio waves instead of light waves.
To keep her job as a woman working in the 1940s, Payne-Scott had to keep her work in radio astronomy a secret.
How Astronomers Tried to Communicate with the Cosmos
The Arecibo message represented humanity's first significant attempt to communicate with extraterrestrial intelligence.
The Forgotten Star of Radio Astronomy
Ruby Payne-Scott helped revolutionize astronomy by pioneering radio astronomy, which allowed scientists to explore the universe using radio waves instead of light waves.
To keep her job as a woman working in the 1940s, Payne-Scott had to keep her work in radio astronomy a secret.