{"id":295059,"date":"2025-10-03T00:06:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?guid=52d749b3110e950d9b62cd7b9e878362"},"modified":"2025-10-03T00:06:05","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T14:06:05","slug":"did-3i-atlas-spark-the-1977-wow-signal-same-region-just-days-apart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=295059","title":{"rendered":"Did 3I\/ATLAS spark the 1977 ‘Wow Signal’? Same region, just days apart"},"content":{"rendered":"

Harvard astronomer and alien hunter Avi Loeb has floated a bold new idea about the legendary \u201cWow Signal.\u201d In a recent blog post<\/a>, he suggested that the interstellar object 3I\/ATLAS, now passing through our solar system, might have been the source of the mysterious radio burst picked up by Ohio State\u2019s Big Ear telescope on August 15, 1977 <\/p>\n

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The Wow Signal was recorded at Right Ascension (RA)=19h25m=291 degrees and Declination (Dec)=-27 degrees.<\/div>\n
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At nearly the same time, on August 12, 1977, 3I\/ATLAS was about 600 astronomical units (AU) from Earth, some 600 times the Earth\u2013Sun distance, or roughly a 3-day light-travel time away. Its position then was RA 19h40m (295\u00b0degrees), Dec -19 degrees. <\/div>\n
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Here\u2019s the intriguing part: just three days before the signal was detected, ATLAS had been moving through nearly the same patch of space. The separation was only about 4 degree in RA and 8 degree in Dec, an alignment chance of just 0.6%. <\/div>\n
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If the signal really came from 31\/ATLAS, its transmitter would have needed the power of a nuclear reactor, beaming directly on the 1420 MHz hydrogen line, the frequency often dubbed the \u201ccosmic calling card.\u201d <\/div>\n
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While it may seem far-fetched that 3I\/ATLAS could have sent the Wow Signal, the object\u2019s unusual behavior so far means nothing can be completely ruled out. Perhaps it\u2019s worth scanning 3I\/ATLAS for radio emissions. <\/div>\n
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In time, we\u2019re likely to learn much more about whether 3I\/ATLAS is simply an odd interstellar comet or something far more advanced which could catch us off guard.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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