As an engineer with Bell Telephone Laboratories , he was investigating static that interfered with short wave transatlantic voice transmissions .
Karl Jansky made the discovery of the first astronomical radio source serendipitously in the early 1930s .
As an engineer with Bell Telephone Laboratories , Karl Jansky was investigating static that interfered with short wave transatlantic voice transmissions .
Karl Jansky made the discovery of the first astronomical radio source serendipitously in the early 1930s .