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Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal — HN submission

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 22:25:06 GMT

The “Wow!” signal was likely from extraterrestrial source, and more powerful

Papers: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513, https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.10657

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Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal — mentioned by TillE

Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:13:28 GMT

The actual paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513 It certainly sounds like the first plausible explanation for the signal, though if this is credible it's remarkable it took nearly 50 years.

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Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal — HN submission

Tue, 27 Aug 2024 09:10:19 GMT

Arecibo Wow I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow Signal

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Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal — HN submission

Sat, 24 Aug 2024 18:10:48 GMT

Arecibo Wow I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow Signal

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Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal — mentioned by meinersbur

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 01:37:00 GMT

Primary source: https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513, or https://phl.upr.edu/wow/summary (press release-style)

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