Historical Events tagged with "seti"

Turns out history loves a label—battles, breakthroughs, and the occasional disaster, all neatly tagged for your browsing pleasure. Because sometimes you just need every weird invention in one place.

Space Exploration

Cosmic Call 2 Transmits METI Message to Stars

July 6th, 2003 21 years ago

A METI message known as Cosmic Call 2 was transmitted from the 70-meter Yevpatoria Planetary Radar towards five distant stars. The selected stars included Hip 4872, HD 245409, 55 Cancri (HD 75732), HD 10307, and 47 Ursae Majoris (HD 95128). The messages are expected to reach their destinations in 2036, 2040, 2044, and 2049 respectively, potentially initiating communication with extraterrestrial civilizations.

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Space Exploration

The Mysterious Wow! Signal Detected

August 15th, 1977 47 years ago

A radio telescope at Ohio State University, known as Big Ear, detected a strong narrowband radio signal from outer space. The signal, received during a SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project, lasted for 72 seconds and exhibited characteristics suggesting it could be of extraterrestrial origin. Jerry R. Ehman, a volunteer working on the project, recorded his astonishment with the note 'Wow!' on the printout of the signal.

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