DETECTION OF SOLAR AND SUPERNOVA NEUTRINOS

We review the birth of neutrino astronomy, with special emphasis on the pioneering contributions to the detection of solar and supernova neutrinos of the 2002 Nobel Prize winners, Raymond Davis Jr and Masatoshi Koshiba. We describe briefly the recent developments in this rapidly growing field as well as the prospects for the near future,and conclude with a few thoughts that come from reflecting over the history.