The Wow! Signal After 45 Years

The Wow! Signal was a radio signal detected in 1977 that remains the most compelling candidate for an alien radio transmission ever received. 45 years later, and after dozens of failed hours spent trying to catch it again, can we conclude the Wow signal was bogus? Join us today as we discuss a new research paper from the Cool Worlds Lab that explores this question and everything Wow. Written & presented by Prof David Kipping → Support our research program: https://www.coolworldslab.com/support → Get Stash here! https://teespring.com/stores/cool-worlds-store THANK-YOU to our supporters D. Smith, M. Sloan, C. Bottaccini, D. Daughaday, A. Jones, S. Brownlee, N. Kildal, Z. Star, E. West, T. Zajonc, C. Wolfred, L. Skov, G. Benson, A. De Vaal, M. Elliott, B. Daniluk, M. Forbes, S. Vystoropskyi, S. Lee, Z. Danielson, C. Fitzgerald, C. Souter, M. Gillette, T. Jeffcoat, H. Jensen, J. Rockett, N. Fredrickson, D. Holland, E. Hanway, D. Murphree, S. Hannum, T. Donkin, K. Myers, A. Schoen, K. Dabrowski, J. Black, R. Ramezankhani, J. Armstrong, K. Weber, S. Marks, L. Robinson, F. Van Exter, S. Roulier, B. Smith, P. Masterson, R. Sievers, G. Canterbury, J. Kill, J. Cassese, J. Kruger, S. Way, P. Finch, S. Applegate, L. Watson, T. Wheeler, E. Zahnle, N. Gebben, J. Bergman, E. Dessoi, J. Alexander, C. Macdonald, M. Hedlund, P. Kaup, C. Hays, S. Krasner, W. Evans, D. Bansal, J. Curtin, J. Sturm, RAND Corp., I. Attard, M. Donovan, N. Corwin & M. Mangione. ::References:: ► Kipping, D. & Gray, R. (2022), "Could the “Wow” signal have originated from a stochastic repeating beacon?", MNRAS, accepted for publication: https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.08374 ► "The Elusive Wow" book by Robert Gray: https://www.amazon.com/Elusive-Wow-Searching-Extraterrestrial-Intelligence/dp/0983958440/ref=sr_1_1?crid=N9C88NODCZ6G&keywords=the+elusive+wow&qid=1655582974&sprefix=the+elusive+wow%2Caps%2C88&sr=8-1 ► Gray R. H., 1994, Icar, 112, 485. doi:10.1006/icar.1994.1199 ► Gray R. H., Marvel K. B., 2001, ApJ, 546, 1171 doi:10.1086/318272 ► Gray R. H., Ellingsen S., 2002, ApJ, 578, 967. doi:10.1086/342646 ► Harp G. R., Gray R. H., Richards J., Shostak G. S., Tarter J. C., 2020, AJ, 160, 162. doi:10.3847/1538-3881/aba58f ::Music:: Music licensed by SoundStripe.com (SS) [shorturl.at/ptBHI], or via Creative Commons (CC) Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), or with permission from the artist ► Brad Hill - A Slowly Lifting Fog (0:00) [https://open.spotify.com/album/0i7df7bwsTHcJ7zRCHqq1G] ► Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Four (2:38) ► Falls - Ripley (4:41) ► Falls - Life in Binary (8:34) ► Brad Hill - There Is but One Good (13:04) [https://open.spotify.com/album/4pmiXcyRpPlFjWjb45pYLx0] ► Chris Zabriskie - Stories About the World That Once Was (19:31) ► Joachim Heinrich - Y (23:51) ► Brad Hill - Downcast Spirit (26:12) [https://open.spotify.com/album/2oDAnUfX0OYYOnuIToAEcX] ::Film/TV clips used:: ► Wow Documentary (2017) Peacock ► Agora (2009) Focus Features International ► Contact (1997) Warner Bros. ► Independence Day (1996) 20th Century Fox ::Chapters:: 00:00 Introduction 02:51 Four Facts 07:15 False Positives? 08:15 Four Unknowns 12:06 Black Swans 13:54 Observatory Emulation 16:01 Hypothetical Signals 18:51 Big Ear Results 19:52 Multi-Observatory Results 22:43 Wow's Properties 24:49 Robert Gray 26:12 Outro and credits #WowSignal #AreWeAlone #CoolWorlds