# Message from Outer Space: The Wow! Signal

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Podcast: [Echoes of the Unknown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/echoes-of-the-unknown-7231698)
Published: 2026-01-13T12:23:27+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1240

## Resource

In today's episode, we're traveling back to 1977, when a radio telescope in Ohio captured a mysterious signal that has captivated astronomers and skywatchers for decades. Known as the Wow! Signal, it was a brief burst of radio waves from the cosmos that still remains unexplained to this day.

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