1938 Discovery of cosmic radiation by Victor Franz Hess 1964 Construction of oscillators amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle by Charles Hard Townes,... 1967 Discoveries concerning energy production in stars by Hans Albrecht Bethe 1970 Discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications by Hannes Olof Gosta Alfven 1974 Aperture synthesis technique by Sir Martin Ryle 1974 Discovery of pulsars by Antony Hewish 1978 Discovery of CMB radiation by Arno Allan Penzias Robert Woodrow Wilson 1993 Discovery of a new type of pulsar by Russell A.Hulse Joseph H.Taylor Jr. 2002 Detection of cosmic neutrinos by Raymond Davis Jr.Masatoshi Koshiba 2002 Discovery of cosmic X-ray sources by Riccardo Giacconi 2006 Discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the CMB radiation by John C. Mather George F.Smoot 2011 Discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae by Saul Perimutter,Brian P.Schmidt Adam G.Riess 61938 Discovery of cosmic radiation by Victor Franz Hess 1964 Construction of oscillators & amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle by Charles Hard Townes, … 1967 Discoveries concerning energy production in stars by Hans Albrecht Bethe 1970 Discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications by Hannes Olof Gosta Alfven 1974 Aperture synthesis technique by Sir Martin Ryle 1974 Discovery of pulsars by Antony Hewish 1978 Discovery of CMB radiation by Arno Allan Penzias & Robert Woodrow Wilson 1993 Discovery of a new type of pulsar by Russell A. Hulse & Joseph H. Taylor Jr. 2002 Detection of cosmic neutrinos by Raymond Davis Jr. & Masatoshi Koshiba 2002 Discovery of cosmic X-ray sources by Riccardo Giacconi 2006 Discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the CMB radiation by John C. Mather & George F. Smoot 2011 Discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae by Saul Perimutter, Brian P. Schmidt & Adam G. Riess 6