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Wow signal has been pretty conclusively shown to be the reflected spectra of hydrogen out gassing from a comet core. The actual comet in question has been found
by garmaine 6y ago
Wow signal has been pretty conclusively shown to be the reflected spectra of hydrogen out gassing from a comet core. The actual comet in question has been found and similar signals detected. OP didn’t get the memo I guess.
- bcraven 6y agoAmusingly phys.org has that from June 7, 2017: https://phys.org/news/2017-06-wow-mystery-space.html https://phys.org/news/2017-06-wow-mystery-space.html
- SoSoRoCoCo 6y agoWow! (No pun intended) That is a serious lack of editorial review for a physics news source. It's basically a retraction of a factual article with speculation.
- JetSetWilly 6y agoWikipedia states: > This hypothesis was dismissed by astronomers, including members of the original Big Ear research team, as the cited comets were not in the beam at the correct time. Furthermore, comets do not emit strongly at the frequencies involved, and there is no explanation for why a comet would be observed in one beam but not in the other So, not actually conclusively shown at all.
- garmaine 6y agohttps://phys.org/news/2017-06-wow-mystery-space.html https://phys.org/news/2017-06-wow-mystery-space.html Someone who spent their entire life defending conjecture is going to find a reason to believe it still holds half a century later. But the evidence against is compelling to those not so invested in the outcome. There are weird aspects of the signal that are perfectly explained by it being hydrogen gas.