Era · 1957 CE – 2000 CE

Space Age Astronomy

History of Astronomy

Overview

The launch of Sputnik opened astronomy to the whole electromagnetic spectrum from above the atmosphere. Space telescopes, radio astronomy, and new detectors revealed the cosmic microwave background, pulsars, quasars, and the first worlds beyond the Sun.

Astronomers

Nancy Grace RomanAmerican
Vera RubinAmerican
Maarten SchmidtDutch-American
Arno PenziasGerman-American
Carl SaganAmerican
Robert WilsonAmerican
Jocelyn Bell BurnellBritish

Discoveries

The Discovery of Quasars1963 CE
The Cosmic Microwave Background1965 CE
The Discovery of Pulsars1967 CE

Publications

Cosmos1980 CE

Knowledge connections

ContainsNancy Grace Roman
ContainsJocelyn Bell Burnell
ContainsArno Penzias
ContainsRobert Wilson
ContainsMaarten Schmidt
ContainsVera Rubin
ContainsCarl Sagan
ContainsThe Discovery of Quasars
ContainsThe Cosmic Microwave Background
ContainsThe Discovery of Pulsars
ContainsCosmos
ContainsHipparcos Catalogue

Sources & references

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.
ESAEuropean Space Agency
European missions, observatories, and space science imagery.

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