Just after 11 p.m. on Aug. 15, 1977, while pointing toward the constellation Sagittarius, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope picked up a mysterious transmission that would very soon make history. For 72 seconds, the Big Ear was able to listen to that signal, which has since come to be known as the “Wow! Signal” for the excited notation made on a printout of the data by Jerry Ehman, the astronomer who discovered it.
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Posted by: Katherine Noyes November 22, 2012 05:00 AMJust after 11 p.m. on Aug. 15, 1977, while pointing toward the constellation Sagittarius, Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope picked up a mysterious transmission that would very soon make history. For 72 seconds, the Big Ear was able to listen to that signal, which has since come to be known as the “Wow! Signal” for the excited notation made on a printout of the data by Jerry Ehman, the astronomer who discovered it.