See also: 1847 in science, other events of 1848, 1849 in science and the list of years in science.

Table of contents

1 Astronomy 2 Physics 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths

Astronomy

• Lord Rosse studies M1 and names it the Crab Nebula
• William Cranch Bond and William Lassell discover Hyperion, Saturn's moon

• Lord Kelvin discovers the absolute zero point of temperature

• Copley Medal: John Couch Adams
• Wollaston Medal for Geology: William Buckland

• May 23 - Otto Lilienthal, aviation pioneer († 1896)
• November 8 - Gottlob Frege, mathematician († 1925)