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Radiation was first detected by a ?

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An Antenna, Bell Labs Holmdale Horn Antenna in New Jersey.

American radio astronomers Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias discovered the cosmic microwave background radiation CMBR.

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German Scientist named William Roentgen.

Roentgen discovered X-Rays while researching at the University of Wurzburg in 1895. Roentgen noticed rays emanating from black paper and theorized as to what they were.

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