On August 15, 1977, the Big Ear Radio Telescope in Delaware, Ohio, received the most powerful signal it would ever detect during its decades of observations. The signal lasted just 72 seconds, but ...

Some people consider the unexplained Wow! signal as proof of extraterrestrial life. Although this strong multi-band signal from outer space occurred decades ago, there still isn't a commonly accepted ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. "Wow!" signal printout. The comment on the side inspired the event's name. | Credit: Big Ear ...

St. Petersburg College astronomer Antonio Paris believes that a comet called 266P/Christensen, uncatalogued at the time that the “Wow!” signal was first discovered, may actually have been the signal’s ...

On August 15th 1977, a radio telescope located at Ohio State University detected something strange. The telescope was scanning the stars searching for possible signals from alien civilizations as part ...

On August 15, 1977, a large radio telescope at Ohio State University — which went by its more popular name "The Big Ear" — received a mysterious signal that got immortalized as "the WOW! signal" in ...

In 1977, astronomer Jerry R. Ehman observed a data signal so unique he drew a red circle around it and wrote “Wow!” to emphasize the discovery. The source of the signal was never identified, leading ...

In August 1977, the Ohio State University Radio Observatory picked up a radio transmission from the Sagittarius constellation that was so strong it inspired the astronomer who discovered it to write ...

This month an astronomer claimed to have debunked a mysterious 1977 radio signal from deep space, but other scientists aren't buying his theory. Eric Mack has been a CNET contributor since 2011. Eric ...

The story behind the famous "Wow!" signal has an eerie quality that has inspired countless science fiction alien encounters and is often lauded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we are, ...