The source of the iconic Wow! signal has been a mystery to science for nearly 50 years. A group of researchers has been studying signals captured by the Arecibo telescope in order to finally ...

John D. Kraus, Ph. D. Source: North American Astrophysical Observatory. Understanding the Wow! Signal requires a look at the instrument that produced it. Affectionately known as “The Big Ear ...

2MASS 19281982-2640123, a Sun-like star within the Wow! Signal footprint. Source: Alberto Caballero. Alberto’s interest in exoplanets took a different turn with a paper he published this year ...

In 1977, a mysterious 72-second space signal was detected. Was it aliens? Explore the Wow! Signal. In 1977, astronomers detected the Wow! Signal, a mysterious 72-second radio burst from deep space ...

The Wow! signal was first detected in 1977 by astronomer Jerry Ehman using Ohio State University's Big Ear radio telescope. It was an extraordinarily strong radio signal lasting 72 ...