The Wow Signal & 3I Atlas

In this episode of What the Hell Happened!, Esther and Mr. Lockwood dive deep into two of the most perplexing cosmic mysteries ever recorded — the 1977 Wow! Signal and the interstellar object 3I Atlas.

We trace the origins of the Wow Signal, its mysterious one-time transmission, and the decades of unanswered questions it left behind. Then, we turn our gaze toward the modern skies — exploring how the discovery of 3I Atlas could connect to that same celestial neighborhood, and what its strange behavior might mean for the future of our understanding of interstellar visitors.

Could these two anomalies share a common thread? Or are we simply connecting cosmic coincidences? Join us as we piece together the evidence, theories, and implications of what might be one of humanity’s greatest unsolved space mysteries.

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References & Sources
“3I/ATLAS (C/2025 N1)” — Wikipedia entry, orbital parameters, discovery date, perihelion, etc. Wikipedia
Space.com — “Everything we know about the rare cosmic visitor 3I/ATLAS” Space
Polarimetric observations: “Extreme Negative Polarisation of New Interstellar Comet 3I/ATLAS” arXiv
Hubble observations: “Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Interstellar Interloper 3I/ATLAS” arXiv
Observational track and orbital data: 3i-atlas.pro “Third Interstellar Visitor Tracker & Data” 3I/ATLAS Interstellar Visitor
Wow! signal location data: LiquiSearch, Wikipedia, coordinate analysis

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