Interstellar Visitor May Be Able to Explain Signal that Came to Earth 48 Years Ago
Astronomers link the 72-second 1977 WOW signal to interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, noting only a 0.6% chance of random sky alignment, suggesting a natural origin for the burst.
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Interstellar visitor may be able to explain signal that came to Earth 48 years ago
In 1977, a radio telescope detected a 72-second radio burst from space. The telescope was from Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope, and it received an unusually strong narrowband radio signal. This led to a ripple of excitement in the scientific community about the possibility of having encountered evidence of life beyond Earth. At the time, astronomer Jerry Ehman spotted the burst, and annotated the major radio band fluctuation with…
Mysterious Comet Might Explain a Signal Beamed at Earth 48 Years Ago
You may be familiar with the famous “Wow!” signal. If you’re not familiar with the story, back in 1977, a radio telescope at Ohio State University detected a 72-second radio burst from space. Astronomer Jerry Ehman circled the printout with a red pen and wrote the word “wow!” beside it. We’ve never heard such a signal again. There was no follow-up—just a one-time 72-second burst in a narrowband radiofrequency that has puzzled researchers for yea…
Calculant scientists are close to solve a mystery that has harassed them for 48 years – The Observatorial
Astronomers solved a 48 -year mystery after the Earth received a signal from space. Some believed it was an extraterrestrial, and now after many years the explanation has come. According to a report published by the British newspaper Daily Mail, the mysterious space letter may have come from another mysterious, rapidly moving in the solar […]
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