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The Wow! Signal: Evidence of Potential Alien Transmission on Earth
TLDR The Wow! Signal, a radio transmission detected in 1977, peaked at 30 times louder than the normal background noise in space and has not been fully explained or debunked by skeptics, leading to speculation of a potential alien civilization on Earth.
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There is evidence of a potential transmission from an alien civilization on Earth that has not been fully debunked by skeptics.
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Astronomers in the 1970s started the SETI program to listen for potential transmissions from alien civilizations, as visiting them in person would be too expensive and time-consuming.
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The "wow signal" was a radio transmission that peaked at 30 times louder than the normal background noise in space, and it caught the attention of astronomers in 1977.
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The "wow signal" came from a fixed point in the sky and took the shape of a pyramid, indicating the Doppler effect.
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Scientists believed that if there were alien civilizations, they would likely use the electromagnetic spectrum, specifically the radio band, to transmit signals, and they focused on the hydrogen line frequency as a potential source of evidence.
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The Wow! Signal, a radio transmission detected in 1977, was significant because it was broadcast at the most common frequency in the universe, 1420 megahertz, and was 30 times stronger than the normal background noise on that frequency.
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The Wow! Signal, a radio transmission detected in 1977, has not been found again despite multiple attempts, leading to speculation that it may have been a one-off or a signal that was moving across the sky.
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The Wow! Signal has not been explained by the possibility of space junk, as it would have to be moving in the same direction and at the same rate as Earth, and even the skeptic of the signal dismissed this explanation due to the small probability of everything lining up.
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The purpose of life is simply to replicate itself, as molecules that were able to replicate themselves became more effective over time, leading to the development of life as we know it today.
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