Radio Astronomy

Near this site in 1932, Bell Labs. scientist Karl Jansky first discovered radio waves coming from outer space, thus beginning the science of radio astronomy.

Marker is on Crawford Corners Road near Seven Oaks Drive, on the right when traveling east. ...

Karl Jansky Radio Astronomy Monument

At this location in 1931, Karl Jansky, a Bell Laboratories physicist and radio researcher, recorded for the first time radio signals from beyond the Earth. The source of these signals—radio noise at a wavelength of 14.6 meters—was the center of ...