Radio Telescope
InventorKarl Jansky
Year1932
CategoryScience
OriginUSA
About Radio Telescope
Jansky detected radio waves from the Milky Way while studying static for Bell Labs. Grote Reber built the first dedicated radio telescope in 1937 in his backyard. Revealed pulsars, quasars, and the cosmic microwave background. The field is invisible to optical telescopes.
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