Who Is Karl Jansky And Why Are His Contributions Important To Space Exploration?
Who Is Karl Jansky And Why Are His Contributions Important To Space Exploration? Karl Jansky, in full Karl Guthe Jansky, (born October 22, 1905, Norman, Oklahoma, U.S.—died February 14, 1950, Red Bank, New Jersey), American engineer whose discovery of radio waves from an extraterrestrial source inaugurated the development of radio astronomy, a new science that