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After 40 years, scientists may have solved the mystery of the “Wow!” space signal

• In August of 1977, a group of astronomers examining radio transmissions in Ohio received a mysterious signal from an unknown source.
  
• Shocked by its incredible length — 72 seconds — one scientist scribbled “Wow!” next to the recording, inadvertently giving the unusual communication a nickname that would last decades.
• Now, after 40 years of grappling with possible explanations for the Wow! signal — which even include the possibility of aliens — scientists at the Center for Planetary Science have finally solved the puzzle.
• A comet unknown to researchers in the 1970s likely caused the signal, and researchers were able to test that theory in a recent fly-by. Read more (6/8/17)
  

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Update: Turns out, that mysterious Wow! signal may still be a mystery

• Not everyone is on board with the recent “Wow!” signal discovery.
• Alan Fitzsimmons, a scientist at the United Kingdom’s Queens University Belfast, told Astronomy Now that it’s actually “rubbish.”
  
• He claims that a 1420-MHZ signal from a comet has never been detected before, and that the 266/P Christensen would be too quiet, even at perihelion — the point that a comet is closest to the sun.
  
• Meanwhile, comets are typically very active when at perihelion. Read more (6/12/17)
  

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