The discoverers of radio emissions from Jupiter
Published on: April 5, 2026, 7:19 a.m. | Source: The Hindu
The discovery of Jupiter’s “voice” – the first noise known to have come from a different planet – was announced to the world on April 5-6, 1955. At a meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Bernard F. Burke and Kenneth L. Franklin publicly disclosed their discovery of radio emissions from the largest planet of our solar system. A.S.Ganesh takes a look at both these men and their discovery…
