1982 ⟶ Discovery of the First Millisecond Pulsar

Donald C. Backer et al. discover the first millisecond pulsa...
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🔭 Henrietta Swan Leavitt Discovers Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation

Henrietta Swan Leavitt: Cepheid variable period-luminosity relation⟶
Henrietta Swan Leavitt Discovers Cepheid Period-Luminosity Relation (1912)
AstronomyCosmologyAstrophysicsEdwin Hubble
United StatesUnited States

📡 Karl Jansky Detects Radio Waves from the Milky Way Center

Karl Guthe Jansky discovers the first astronomical radio source, Sagittarius A⟶
Karl Jansky Detects Radio Waves from the Milky Way Center (1932)
AstronomyRadio AstronomyAstrophysicsCosmologyMilky Way
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Discovery of Scorpius X-1, the First Cosmic X-Ray Source

Riccardo Giacconi and his team discover the first cosmic x-ray source, Scorpius X-1⟶
Discovery of Scorpius X-1, the First Cosmic X-Ray Source (1962)
AstronomyAstrophysicsCosmologySpace ExplorationObservational Astronomy
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson Detect Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation

Arno Penzias and Robert Woodrow Wilson: detection of CMBR providing experimental evidence for the Big Bang⟶
Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson Detect Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation (1964)
CosmologyRadio AstronomyAstrophysicsExperimental Physics
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Discovery of the First Millisecond Pulsar

Donald C. Backer et al. discover the first millisecond pulsar⟶
Discovery of the First Millisecond Pulsar (1982)
AstronomyAstrophysicsRadio AstronomySpace ExplorationCosmology
United StatesUnited States

🔭 Hubble Space Telescope Launched

April 24 – May 20: Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope.⟶
Hubble Space Telescope Launched (1990)
Space ExplorationAstronomyTelescopesNASAAstrophysicsCosmologySpace Race
United StatesUnited States