The Wow! Signal

Deep in an archive in Columbus, Ohio, there’s a slip of paper with a bunch of random-looking letters and numbers printed on it called the ‘Wow’ signal.

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Sources:
https://public.nrao.edu/telescopes/radio-telescopes
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/outreach/education/everyone/radio-astronomy/index.html
http://www.universetoday.com/93754/35-years-later-the-wow-signal-still-tantalizes/
http://news.discovery.com/space/alien-life-exoplanets/the-wow-signal-130524.htm
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/chasing-ufos/articles/what-is-the-wow-signal/
http://www.naic.edu/science/wow_signal_reply2012.html
http://www.livescience.com/21171-wow-signal-alien-message-reply.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/wow-signal-tweets_n_1762118.html

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