This confluence of factors makes the frequency a SETI favorite. The Wow! signal was not only a narrowband signal—it was also right in the 1,420 MHz sweet spot, and it was 30 times more intense ...

The Wow! Signal One late night in the summer of 1977, a large radio telescope near Delaware, ... This telescope was part of a ...

Credit: Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory (NAAPO).The Wow! Signal has captivated the imagination of scientists and the public alike since its detection in 1977.

Two SETI telescopes came together to scan a zone where a purported alien signal emerged in 1977. They saw no sign of life, but will likely return for more searches.

A newly detected SETI signal could end up being this generation's version of the famous "Wow!" signal of 1977: an intriguing mystery that keeps astronomers guessing for decades.

SETI’s enigmatic ‘Wow!’ signal turns 40 this August and astronomers still can’t rule out E.T.

Shostak says the SETI Institute's Allen Telescope Array keeps listening. "So yes, it's possible (but unproven) that the Wow signal was the result of aliens sending a short ping. If so, we may ...

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Of the many “maybe’s” that SETI has turned up in its four-decade history, none is better known than the one that was discovered in August, 1977, in Columbus, Ohio. The famous Wow signal was ...

The so-called “Wow!” signal, for instance – a radio signal detected in 1977 that was so shocking the astronomer who found it wrote the exclamation on a printout – has not been detected ...

The Allen Telescope Array, which collects data for SETI Seth Shostak/SETI Institute. A strange signal has been detected coming from a nearby star, Proxima Centauri. Nicknamed the “Wow! 2020 ...

The prominent and still-mysterious Wow! Signal, which briefly blared in a radio telescope the night of Aug. 15, 1977, may have come from a sun-like star located 1,800 light-years away in the ...