We welcome back <a href="https://phl.upr.edu/about/abel_mendez" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Professor Abel Mendez</a> from the University of Puerto Rico to tell us about recent research into data from the Arecibo radio telescope into cold hydrogen clouds and a proposed natural explanation for the Big Ear Wow! Signal that we covered in depth in <a href= "https://www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2014/11/season-2-episode-7-actually-wow.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Episode 19</a>. We recommend <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">you download the draft paper</a> so you can follow along. Links: <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.08513" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Arecibo Wow! I: An Astrophysical Explanation for the Wow! Signal</a> <a href= "https://www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2014/11/season-2-episode-7-actually-wow.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Our episode (#19) with Big Ear scientist Bob Dixon</a> <a href= "https://www.wowsignalpodcast.com/2014/11/season-2-episode-6-habitability-lab.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">A previous appearance by Abel Mendez on this podcast.</a> <a href="https://phl.upr.edu/home" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">Planetary Habitability Laboratory at the University of Puerto Rico</a> <a href="https://www.inverse.com/science/arecibo-collapse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Arecibo Radio Telescope Collapse</a> <a href="https://fast.bao.ac.cn/" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">The FAST Radio Telescope</a> Astrophysical MASERs (microwave lasers) <a href="https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/research/topic/masers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard & Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics: Masers</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_inversion" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Population Inversion (Wikipedia)</a> <a href= "http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/quantum/h21.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Hydrogen 21 cm line</a> <a href= "https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/ESSAYS/Elitzur/elitzur.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MASERs, Interstellar and Circumstellar, Theory.</a> Credits Host, editor, producer: Paul Carr Music: <a href="https://www.quincasmoreira.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Quincas Moreira</a> (Black Swan), <a href= "https://www.georgehrab.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Hrab</a> (Far), <a href="https://www.jasonrobinson.com/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jason Robinson</a>

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