Scientists are once again hoping to investigate the mysterious signal intercepted on Earth that has stumped researchers for decades.
Known as the “Wow!” signal, the sudden burst of radio energy was received on August 15, 1977, and has kept people wondering if extraterrestrial life has made contact with Earth.
The roughly two-and-a-half-minute-long signal gets its name from when astronomer Jerry Ehman wrote the word “Wow!” next to a printout of the data.
The signal was picked up on the Big Ear radio telescope at Ohio State University as part of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) program.
It was very loud compared to other data. Ehman recorded it as being 20 times stronger than the average background noises of space.
However, scientists have remained stumped about where this signal came from, as they were never able to pick it up again.
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