On Aug. 15, 1977, astronomers using Ohio State University’s Big Ear radio telescope detected the famous "Wow!" signal. To this day, it is one of the strongest pieces of evidence that we are not alone ...

In 1977, Ohio State’s Big Ear radio telescope picked up a 72-second radio burst from deep space that was 30 times stronger than the normal background noise. The signal was so unusual that researcher ...

How can radio astronomers successfully identify extraterrestrial radio signals while discerning them from Earth-based radio signals? This is what a recent study published in The Astronomical Journal ...