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Karl Guthe Jansky, American physicist and radio engineer, c1940.
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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1940s
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AMERICA
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Astronomy
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DECADE
Discovery
FORTIES
Jansky
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Karl Guthe
Karl Guthe Jansky
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PHYSICIST
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PROFESSION
Radio
radio astronomy
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UNITED STATES
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