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jansky

Unit of radiation received from outer space, used in radio astronomy. It is equal to 10−26 watts per square metre per hertz, and is named after US engineer Karl Jansky.



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Discovered by Karl Jansky in 1932, it has been identified as the nucleus of the Milky Way Galaxy.
Discovered by Karl Jansky in 1932, it has been identified as the nucleus of the Milky Way Galaxy.
While Hoover disliked broadcast advertising, he saw government funding (and, therefore, control) of radio as the equivalent of censorship (Hoover 1925 a; Jansky 1957); certainly, a government-imposed ban on advertising could be interpreted as
 
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