Yeah, of course. Discoveries are made based on experience, not by 19-year-old punks.
According to the list:
- Röntgen discovered X-rays at 50 (relatively late).
- Lorentz, Zeeman. Lorentz was already an old man, but Zeeman, whose name is associated with the effect, made the discovery at 37.
- Maria Skłodowska-Curie, 35. Pierre Curie, 43. Strutt, 52.
- Lennard invented discharge tubes at 30.
- Thomson discovered the electron at 41.
- Michelson conducted his famous experiment, for which he received his Nobel Prize, at 29.