History of Astronomy : Topics

History of Astronomy: Topics: Astrophysics

• 1922 Solar Eclipse in Australia - Testing Einstein's Theory
• A Brief History of the Discovery of Cosmic Gamma-Ray Bursts
• Cepheid Variables Discovered in Andromeda Galaxy (1923)
• Cosmic Microwave Background Astronomy, by William Nielsen Brandt
  A timeline
• Discovery in 1974 of the first binary pulsar
• The Elementistory of Helium
• The Great Debate (April 1920)
• High Energy Astrophysics: Brief History
• History of Astronomical Spectroscopy
• The Interstellar Medium and Intergalactic Medium, by William Nielsen Brandt
  A timeline
• Laser Stars - Laser History (1917-1995)
• Little Green Men, White Dwarfs or Pulsars?, by S. Jocelyn Bell Burnell
  Personal story of the discovery of Pulsars.
• Other Background Radiation Fields, by William Nielsen Brandt
  A timeline
• Rosenberg Diagram, by Leos Ondra
  The first HR diagram was published by Hans Rosenberg.
• White Dwarfs, Neutron Stars, and Supernovae, by William Nielsen Brandt
  A timeline
• X-ray Astronomy at Goddard: Early History
• X-ray astronomy, history: Find more with Alta Vista
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Wolfgang R. Dick. Created: 22 Nov 1995. Latest update: 20 Feb 2002