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Regarding the 'Wow!' signal... How much energy would it take to create that emission? What kind of natural events could create it as a side effect? Do we believe the emission was in all directions (like caused by a nova), or limited in direction (like maybe caused by a star's solar flare)?

by /u/WrongEinstein in /r/askscience

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