What is Karl Guthe Jansky?
{{unsourced|date=May 2015}} {{Infobox scientist |name = Karl Guthe Jansky |image = Karl_Jansky.jpg |image_size = 150px |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1905|10|22}} |birth_place = [[Territory of Oklahoma]], [[United States|U.S.]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1950|2|14|1905|10|22}} |death_place = [[Red Bank, New Jersey]], U.S. |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = American |ethnicity = |field = [[Physics]]<br/>[[Radio astronomy]] |work_institutions = |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Radio astronomy]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Karl Guthe Jansky''' (October 22, 1905 – February 14, 1950) was an [[Americans|American]] [[physicist]] and [[engineer]]. He worked in [[astronomy]]. In 1927, he discovered that the [[Milky Way]] emitted radio waves. This makes him one of the founding fathers of radio astronomy. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jansky, Karl Guthe}} [[Category:1905 births]] [[Category:1950 deaths]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from Oklahoma]]