Mystery AtlasBig Ear Radio Telescope
Ohio State University's Kraus-type radio telescope (1963–1998), which ran the longest continuous SETI programme in history and detected the Wow! signal; demolished in 1998 for a golf course.
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Related Mysteries
Big Ear Radio Telescope is associated with Wow! Signal — Detected by Big Ear's survey receiver on 15 August 1977.
Concepts & Beliefs
Big Ear Radio Telescope is associated with SETI — Ran the longest continuous SETI programme, 1973–1995.
Explored on these pages
What Is SETI, and Has It Ever Found Anything?
What SETI is: its 1960 origins, six decades of radio and optical surveys, its handful of unexplained candidate signals, and why it has found nothing confirmed.
What Was the Wow! Signal?
The Wow! signal explained: what Big Ear recorded in 1977, why it matched a SETI prediction, the proposed explanations, and why it stays unresolved.