microrobert
05-26-2013, 01:38 PM
The Wow! Signal: Intercepted Alien Transmission?
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SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has seen astronomers scouring the sky for decades in hopes of receiving artificially generated radio signals sent by alien civilizations. But then, there’s a good chance we’ve already found just such a signal. And 1977 saw the most tantalizing glimpse ever.
Nicknamed the “Wow!” signal, this was a brief burst of radio waves detected by astronomer Jerry Ehman who was working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope (http://www.bigear.org/), Ohio. The signal was, in fact, so remarkable that Ehman circled it on the computer printout, writing “Wow!” in the margin — and unintentionally giving the received radio signal the name under which it would become famous.
The Wow! Signal: Intercepted Alien Transmission? : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/the-wow-signal-130524.htm)
http://static.ddmcdn.com/gif/blogs/dnews-files-2013-05-wow-signal-670x440-130524-jpg.jpg (http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/hunting-intelligent-aliens-extreme-seti-130308.htm)
SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, has seen astronomers scouring the sky for decades in hopes of receiving artificially generated radio signals sent by alien civilizations. But then, there’s a good chance we’ve already found just such a signal. And 1977 saw the most tantalizing glimpse ever.
Nicknamed the “Wow!” signal, this was a brief burst of radio waves detected by astronomer Jerry Ehman who was working on a SETI project at the Big Ear radio telescope (http://www.bigear.org/), Ohio. The signal was, in fact, so remarkable that Ehman circled it on the computer printout, writing “Wow!” in the margin — and unintentionally giving the received radio signal the name under which it would become famous.
The Wow! Signal: Intercepted Alien Transmission? : Discovery News (http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/the-wow-signal-130524.htm)