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
Discoveries
Publications
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
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- 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.