Editing 1955 in science (section)

==Astronomy and space sciences==
* January 8 – [[January 1955 lunar eclipse|Penumbral lunar eclipse]].
* June
** [[Fred Hoyle]] and [[Martin Schwarzschild]] describe the mechanism for the creation of [[red giant]] stars.<ref>{{cite journal|title=On the Evolution of Type II Stars|last1=Hoyle|first1=F.|last2=Schwarzschild|first2=M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series|volume=2|pages=1–40|year=1955|doi=10.1086/190015|bibcode=1955ApJS....2....1H}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Hoyle & Schwarzschild's Analysis of the Evolution of Population II Stars|last=Burbidge|first=E. Margaret|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=525C|page=639|year=1999|bibcode=1999ApJ...525C.639B}}</ref>
** The first evidence for existence of a [[magnetosphere of Jupiter]], a record of [[Decametre|decametric]] radio emission (DAM) with a spectrum extending up to 40 [[Hertz|MHz]], is published.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Burke|first1=B. F.|last2=Franklin|first2=K. L.|title=Observations of a variable radio source associated with the planet Jupiter|date=1955|volume=60|issue=2|pages=213–217|doi=10.1029/JZ060i002p00213|bibcode=1955JGR....60..213B|journal=[[Journal of Geophysical Research]]}}</ref>
* June 5 – [[June 1955 lunar eclipse|Penumbral lunar eclipse]].
* June 20 – [[Solar eclipse of June 20, 1955|Total solar eclipse]] of 7 min 8 sec duration, the longest between the 11th and 22nd centuries, visible in [[Southeast Asia]]. During the entire Second Millennium, only seven such eclipses exceed seven minutes of totality.
* August – The [[United States Department of Defense]] approves [[Project Vanguard]] to launch a satellite.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Popular Mechanics|title=Stand By Satellite For Take OffP|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DOEDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA65|date=July 1957|publisher=Hearst Magazines|pages=65–69, 216}}</ref>
* November 29 – [[November 1955 lunar eclipse|Partial lunar eclipse]].
* December 14 – [[Solar eclipse of December 14, 1955|Annular solar eclipse]].
* [[Jan Oort]] confirms that polarized light from the [[Crab Nebula]] is produced by [[synchrotron radiation]].<ref name=HMGST55>"1955". ''Houghton Mifflin Guide to Science & Technology''.</ref>