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Stuff You Should Know

How the Wow! Signal Works

Stuff You Should Know

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In 1977, Ohio State astronomers discovered a radio transmission from space that was 30 times louder than the cosmic background noise. Since then every explanation of what it was has fallen short and the Wow! Signal remains possible evidence of alien life.

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