Startled by the discovery, Ehman encircled the letters in red ink and scribbled a single word in the margin: “Wow!” And so, ...
It’s all because of the mysterious "Wow!" signal, which got its name from a comment written on a printout from the Big Ear telescope in 1977. Until now, scientists had assumed the transmission ...
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 ...