Cosmic Microwave Background
Smoot begins observational work on microwave background anisotropy with airborne and balloon instruments
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
George Field Smoot Biography and Timeline
Follow George Field Smoot through 6 dated historical records for United States of America.
George Field Smoot, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1974–2006Years on this page
1974
1986
COBE
Smoot leads work on COBE instruments intended to detect tiny anisotropies in the microwave background
1989
COBE
Smoot leads the differential microwave radiometer team on the launched COBE mission
Role range: 1989-1993
1992
COBE
Smoot announces COBE detection of tiny microwave background temperature fluctuations
Role range: 1989-1993
1995
Cosmic Microwave Background
Smoot develops public and scientific interpretation of COBE anisotropies as seeds of cosmic structure
2006
Nobel Prize
Smoot receives the Nobel Prize for COBE discovery of microwave background anisotropies
Records, sources and methodology
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