Wow! Signal’s source pinpointed? 👽

Plus: Ukraine will bring Mriya back to life May 27, 2022 [Blueprint]( What would you say if you heard a signal so powerful and unusual that it seemed to confirm the evidence of intelligent alien life? For astronomer Jerry R. Ehman, it was a single cursive word, written in the margin of printed data: "Wow!". The 72-second-long signal from 1977 is still considered our best SETI candidate after 45 years, and it remains unexplained and unrepeated. Until now: an amateur astronomer may have actually located the source of the long-debated signal. Before we zoom in on the enigmatic find, watch today’s video to learn how Saudi Arabia has turned some of its giant desert into arable land. Good morning. This is Derya, an editor at IE. This is The Blueprint. Let’s explore the unknown. [Play]VIDEO OF THE DAY [Here's how Saudi Arabia is turning its huge desert into arable land]( [Saudi Arabia.]( The oil-rich country has a network of farmlands where agriculture actually thrives. [Must Read]MUST READ [The Wow! Signal: An amateur astronomer may have pinpointed 'alien' signal's origin]( [A radio telescope and the Milky Way.]( The global astronomical community is edging nearer to determining whether intelligent alien life really exists, and government agencies and academics [may have received a helping hand]( from an amateur astronomer. That's because space enthusiast Alberto Caballero thinks he might have pinpointed the source of a mysterious signal famously attributed to intelligent alien life. “Wow!” factor. According to Caballero, the so-called Wow! Signal, detected by a radio telescope on August 15, 1977, may have come from a sun-like star 1,800 light-years from Earth in the Sagittarius constellation. The Wow! Signal is considered the best SETI candidate radio signal that we have. Caballero believes this star, called 2MASS 19281982-2640123 (definitely a mouthful), could be a good target for further observation. And, with observatories like the James Webb Space Telescope, European Large Telescope, and the Square Kilometer Array all expected to [start searching for alien life]( this decade, we may soon know much more about the potential origin point of the Wow! Signal, and whether it was really a signal from extraterrestrial intelligence. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Linkedin]( [TRANSPORTATION]TRANSPORTATION [Ukraine will bring Mriya, the world’s largest cargo plane, back to life]( Ukraine [will put in every effort]( needed to resurrect the world’s largest cargo plane, called Mriya (or Antonov An-225), which was destroyed during the ongoing conflict in the country. Mriya was built using Soviet-era components and any resurrection attempt now will use European, American, or others. [READ MORE [Arrow]]( And Other Stories in Transportation - Volkswagen’s CEO is confident [his company will overtake]( Tesla in market share. 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[READ MORE [Arrow]]( And Other Stories in Innovation - SpaceX [has just launched the world's first]( “crypto satellite”, paving the way for secure blockchain cryptography from space. - The United Nations and partners in water have made up their minds: [It's time for the human race]( to tap Earth's more unconventional resources for water, deep-seabed and land-based aquifers. - Work is afoot to build [the world's largest cultivated meat facility]( in the U.S., even as the FDA has yet to give its approval for public consumption of the meat in the country. [MAIL & MUSINGS]MAIL & MUSINGS The Wow! Signal is easily the most famous and enduring extraterrestrial radio transmission to Earth in history. Could it really be aliens? [Yes! I still want to believe.]( [No. It’s too early for that.]( [I’m not sure. Why only one signal?]( [It must be the last gasp of a now-extinct civilization. And we’re next.]( YESTERDAY'S RESULTS We asked which novel energy storage technology makes the most sense to you. For almost half of you, gravity storage takes the cake. 48% Gravity storage — it's mind-numbingly brilliant. 22% The startup storing energy in salt knows what it's doing. 17% Storing energy in water is the future. 13% What about hot sand? Throw some energy into that. [QUOTE OF THE DAY]QUOTE OF THE DAY Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams in “The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy” (1979) [AND ANOTHER THING]AND ANOTHER THING - Provided humans reach Mars by 2038, [scientists predict we will]( land on an asteroid by 2073, and Jupiter in 2103. - The second law of thermodynamics is among the most sacred in all of science, but it has always rested on 19th-century arguments about probability. [New arguments trace its true source]( to the flows of quantum information. (Quanta Magazine) - J.P. Morgan [has backed cryptocurrencies]( noting that Bitcoin is currently underpriced, and its valuation should rise by 28 percent. - Take a deep dive into [Amazon, the United States Postal Service]( and the tyranny of logistics. (The Drift) - The ground below is teeming: Archeologists [have discovered eleven “lost” settlements]( beneath the Amazon jungle. - As SpaceX and other companies are still [struggling to make their satellites darker]( in the night sky, satellite swarms pose an increasing threat to astronomy. (Nature) - Mars is one of our solar system's most enigmatic celestial bodies. [It's time to take a closer look](. Prepared by Derya Özdemir and Brad Bergan Enjoy Reading? Forward this email to a friend. Was this email forwarded to you? [Join Free!]( [About Us]( [Advertise]( [Contact Us]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Youtube]( [Linkedin]( [Instagram]( You are receiving this email because you have subscribed to our newsletter. 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