Mysterious Wow signal
January 24, 2020
Mysterious Wow! Signal explained
Humans have long been fascinated by the possibility of existence of extraterrestrial life forms and advancement in astrophysics has enabled us to explore the deep space for any event that can bring us closer in exploration of any such advanced civilization.
Physicist Philip Morrison and Giuseppe Cocconi speculated that there is pretty good chance that if any alien civilization tried to contact us via radio signal they might do so using a frequency of 1420 megahertz (21 centimeters). It is justified by the fact that hydrogen which is the most abundant element in the universe emits a radio signal of the same frequency which makes it so common that any advanced civilization is likely to be familiar with the same.
Physicist Philip Morrison and Giuseppe Cocconi speculated that there is pretty good chance that if any alien civilization tried to contact us via radio signal they might do so using a frequency of 1420 megahertz (21 centimeters). It is justified by the fact that hydrogen which is the most abundant element in the universe emits a radio signal of the same frequency which makes it so common that any advanced civilization is likely to be familiar with the same.
