Wow! indeed

Caballero found what appears to fit the bill—a star that is very nearly a mirror image of the sun—and is located in the part of the sky where the Wow! signal originated. He notes that there are other possible candidates in the area but suggests his candidate might provide the best launching point for a new research effort by astronomers who have the tools to look for exoplanets.

~ Bob Yirka from, https://phys.org/news/2020-11-amateur-astronomer-alberto-caballero-source.html

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The original Wow! Signal was recorded in 1977. It makes me happy to think that the human race has progressed so far as to be able to detect extrasolar planets, in the right place… well, “wow” indeed.

What would it be like to be alive when, (not if, I say,) we find our first neighbor?

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