• Luci@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Should note the other half of the context.

    Although the Wow! signal had no detectable modulation—a technique used to transmit information over radio waves—it remains the strongest candidate for an extraterrestrial radio transmission ever detected.[3]

    Radio bursts happen and are natural, this always sounds like perfect timing and a fluke to me.

    • Rodeo@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      But they called it the Wow! signal, so it must be impressive! Does the exclamation point mean nothing to you???

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        1 year ago

        It obviously means Owen Wilson is the source of the signal and an alien.

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      1 year ago

      They could only detect modulation longer than 10 seconds leaves a shit load of possible modulation.