How the 'Wow!' Signal Works
In 1977, SETI volunteer Jerry Ehman saw a transmission so exciting he circled it on paper and wrote the word "Wow!" It seemed to indicate a message from outer space. But was it really?
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In 1977, SETI volunteer Jerry Ehman saw a transmission so exciting he circled it on paper and wrote the word "Wow!" It seemed to indicate a message from outer space. But was it really?
Researchers were able to find out the origin of the famous "Wow!" signal that was seen in 1977. Learn more.
Could NASA train its most powerful telescopes on the coordinates?
Fifty years since a mysterious radio signal was received by a radio telescope on Earth, astronomers have claimed that they have found its source.
Astronomers have found a unique source of the mystic "wow" alien signal that was picked up by the Big Ear radio telescope on the night of August 15, 1977.