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Jansky: electrical disturbances apparently of extraterrestrial origin

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Astrophysics and cosmology · EMPIRICAL

Reference score260,000Provisional editorial estimate of this exact contribution; its grade is assessed separately.

What changed

Tracked a radio-noise component on a sidereal cycle and associated its strongest direction with the Milky Way's central region.

Scientific scope

The record is Jansky's sole-author 1933 Proceedings of the IRE paper. It does not absorb all earlier radio observations, later radio telescopes, source identifications or the full development of radio astronomy.

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The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Jansky's sole-author 1933 Proceedings of the IRE paper. It does not absorb all earlier radio observations, later radio telescopes, source identifications or the full development of radio astronomy.

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Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.

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