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Radio Emission Detected from Andromeda

Great Britain · Science / Astronomy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1950

Robert Hanbury Brown25 November 1950

Jodrell Bank Observatory · Science / Astronomy

Reports radio-frequency emission from M31 with Cyril Hazard, opening a new wavelength regime for studying the Andromeda Galaxy.

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Robert Hanbury Brown

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