1992 ⟶ First Pulsar Planets Observed
Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail observe the first pulsar...
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🌟 Discovery of the First Pulsar
Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish detected the first pulsar, an object emitting regular pulses of radio waves. Pulsars are eventually recognized as rapidly spinning neutron stars with intense magnetic fields - the remains of a supernova explosion.⟶
AstronomyAstrophysicsPulsarJocelyn Bell BurnellAntony HewishNeutron StarsRadio Waves1960sSupernova
United Kingdom🪐 First Pulsar Planets Observed
Aleksander Wolszczan and Dale Frail observe the first pulsar planets (this was the first confirmed discovery of planets outside the Solar System)⟶
AstronomyExoplanetsPlanetary SciencePulsarAleksander WolszczanDale FrailExtrasolar Planets
USA🪐 First Exoplanet 51 Pegasi b Discovered
The first exoplanet, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered by Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz.⟶
AstronomyExoplanetsPlanetary Science51 Pegasi bMichel MayorDidier QuelozExtrasolar Planets
Switzerland🌟 Definitive Observation of First Extrasolar Planet Around a Main Sequence Star
Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz definitively observe the first extrasolar planet around a main sequence star⟶
AstronomyExoplanetsPlanetary ScienceMichel MayorDidier QuelozExtrasolar Planets
Switzerland🪐 Discovery of Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b
Exoplanet Proxima Centauri b is discovered around Proxima Centauri by the European Southern Observatory, making it the closest known exoplanet to the Solar System as of 2016.⟶
AstronomyExoplanetsProxima CentauriProxima Centauri bEuropean Southern ObservatoryAstrobiologyPlanetary Science
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