Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer, c1940. Artist: Unknown
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Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer, c1940. In 1932, while carrying out research into static that might interfere with voice radio transmissions, Jansky (1905-1950) discovered that the Milky Way emitted radio waves, a discovery which marked the birth of radio astronomy.
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