1991 ⟶ Total Solar Eclipse Visible Across North America

July 11: A solar eclipse of record totality occurs in the No...
Timelines Logo
Year
1932
1982
1991
1993
1995

📡 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 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

🌞 Total Solar Eclipse Visible Across North America

July 11: A solar eclipse of record totality occurs in the Northern hemisphere. It is seen by 20 million people in Hawaii, Mexico, and Colombia.⟶
Total Solar Eclipse Visible Across North America (1991)
AstronomySolar EclipseScientific ObservationHawaii
United StatesUnited StatesMexicoMexicoColombiaColombia

🧪 Biosphere 2 Mission 1 Concludes

September 26: The first mission in Biosphere 2 ends after two years.⟶
Biosphere 2 Mission 1 Concludes (1993)
Environmental ScienceEcologySpace ExplorationSustainabilityResearch
United StatesUnited States

⚛️ First Bose-Einstein Condensate Created

Eric Cornell, Carl Wieman and Wolfgang Ketterle attained the first Bose-Einstein Condensate with atomic gases, so called fifth state of matter at an extremely low temperature.⟶
First Bose-Einstein Condensate Created (1995)
PhysicsQuantum MechanicsExperimental Physics
United StatesUnited States