Binary: The Alien Language

The video discusses the Pioneer Plaque, a gold plate designed to communicate with extraterrestrial life. It features human figures, planetary information, and a radial map to indicate Earth's location in the Milky Way. The plaque uses binary code, a universal language, to convey distances and pulsar frequencies, helping extraterrestrials identify our solar system even after millions of years.

What was the primary mission of the Pioneer plaque?

How does the Pioneer plaque communicate our position in the Galaxy?

What information is represented by the binary figures on the plaque?

Describe the significance of the radial map on the Pioneer plaque.

What can extraterrestrial life learn from the pulsar information on the plaque?