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title: "A Message from the Stars: Who Sent ‘The Wow! Signal’?"
description: "In 1977, the Big Ear telescope detected the Wow! Signal—a narrowband radio transmission that remains the strongest candidate for a genuine message from extraterrestrial intelligence. Explore the mystery, the science, and the theories behind this cosmic enigma."
url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/a-message-from-the-stars-who-sent-the-wow-signal.md
canonical: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/a-message-from-the-stars-who-sent-the-wow-signal
datePublished: 2026-06-28
dateModified: 2026-06-28
author:
  - name: Simon Whistler
    url: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/author/simon-whistler
publisher: Decoding the Unknown
image: "https://media.decodingtheunknown.pub/cdn-cgi/image/width=1600,height=900,fit=cover,quality=80,format=auto/articles/hHkGu1dogyg/hero.jpg"
type: Article
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summaryUrl: https://decodingtheunknown.pub/article/a-message-from-the-stars-who-sent-the-wow-signal.md.summary.md
---

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In 1977, the Big Ear telescope detected the Wow! Signal—a narrowband radio transmission that remains the strongest candidate for a genuine message from extraterrestrial intelligence. Explore the mystery, the science, and the theories behind this cosmic enigma.
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