# The WOW! Signal — 72 Seconds That Changed SETI Forever

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Podcast: [The Unlit Room](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-unlit-room-7777253)
Published: 2026-07-29T14:00:00+00:00
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The WOW! Signal — 72 Seconds That Changed SETI Forever Every story in here actually happened. New episodes Monday through Saturday. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_signal Visual credits: - "Wow signal.jpg" by Credit: Big Ear Radio Observatory and North American AstroPhysical Observatory (NAAPO).; Public domain https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wow signal.jpg; cropped, color-adjusted, and animated for video. - "Location of t...

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