What is the Source of the Wow! Signal? With Alberto Caballero

What is the Source of the Wow! Signal? With Alberto Caballero

Author: John Michael Godier June 8, 2026 Duration: 42:48

Were We Contacted?The Wow! Signal, picked up at the Big Ear radio telescope in 1977 remains unexplained to this day, and represents the best candidate we've ever detected of a signal of intelligent alien origin. Now, Alberto Callabero of the Exoplanets channel has released a new paper, An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal, which surmises possible origins of the Wow! Signal to a sunlike star over 1800 light years away.An approximation to determine the source of the WOW! Signal https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.06090.pdfExoplanets SETI project:https://exoplanetschannel.wixsite.com/home/setiprojectThe Exoplanets Channel:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdDS4j318UpKjNcpe_LeQxQhttps://youtu.be/DbxH_E8Iy1UThe Wow! Signal with Discoverer Dr. Jerry Ehmanhttps://youtu.be/x67K-Vq1KWkSun-like star identified as the potential source of the Wow! Signalhttps://astronomy.com/news/2020/11/sun-like-star-identified-as-the-potential-source-of-the-wow-signalThe Big Ear Wow! Signal (30th Anniversary Report)http://www.bigear.org/Wow30th/wow30th.htmSETI in the 1970shttp://www.bigear.org/oldseti.htmThe Elusive Wow: Searching for Extraterrestrial IntelligenceRobert H. Grayhttps://amzn.to/2S3GWn3Supermind by JMGhttps://amzn.to/38RSYpwWant to support the channel?Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/EventHorizonShowFollow us at other places!Website: https://www.eventhorizonshow.com/@jmgeventhorizonMusic featured on Event Horizonhttps://stellardrone.bandcamp.com/https://migueljohnson.bandcamp.com/https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/https://aeriumambient.bandcamp.com/FOOTAGE:NASAESA/HubbleESO - M.KornmesserESO - L.CalcadaESO - Jose Francisco Salgado (josefrancisco.org)NAOJUniversity of WarwickGoddard Visualization StudioLangley Research CenterPixabay


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