Among Uranus' moons, Miranda is closest to the planet. It is named after the daughter of the magician Prospero in Shakespeare's The Tempest. It makes small radios and computers commercially feasible. A transistor is a tiny semiconductor electronic device used in a circuit as an amplifier, detector or switch. Mount Palomar's 200-in.
Hale telescope is dedicated.
Ralph Alpher and Robert Herman predict that cosmic background radiation will be found. Although the discovery of background radiation will negate his concept, Hoyle's ideas touch on fundamental cosmological problems and place him in the midst of controversy. The first two-stage rocket launches at White Sands, New Mexico, proving grounds. It is named for the sea nymphs who are the 50 daughters of Nereus in Greek mythology. The cloud is a swarm of comets orbiting the Sun at the far outer reaches of our Solar System at a distance of one to two lightyears.