The most tantalizing unexplained signal in the search for extraterrestrial life remains unmatched after fifty years, leaving scientists suspended between possibility and doubt. The post In 1977, an Ohio State radio telescope called Big Ear recorded a 72-second burst of radio noise from deep space so much stronger than the background static that an astronomer circled it on the printout and wrote ‘Wow!’ in red pen, and nobody has ever detected it again despite decades of listening. appeared first on Space Daily .
In 1977, an Ohio State radio telescope called Big Ear recorded a 72-second burst of radio noise from deep space so much stronger than the background static that an astronomer circled it on the printout and wrote ‘Wow!’ in red pen, and nobody has ever detected it again despite decades of listening.