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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP (/ b ɜːr ˈ n ɛ l /; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967.
4 days ago · Jocelyn Bell Burnell, British astronomer who discovered pulsars, the cosmic sources of peculiar radio pulses. In 1974 the Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded to Antony Hewish and Martin Ryle, who were credited with the discovery, and the omission of Bell Burnell caused controversy.
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Sep 6, 2018 · When Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first pulsar 51 years ago, she revealed a new tool for solving many mysteries of the cosmos.
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Apr 2, 2014 · Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a British astrophysicist and astronomer. As a research assistant, she helped build a large radio telescope and discovered pulsars, providing the first direct...
Sep 6, 2018 · In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell was a graduate student at Cambridge, working on a dissertation about strange objects in distant galaxies known as quasars. She and her supervisor, Antony Hewish, had...
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Feb 16, 2024 · Jocelyn Bell Burnell, Whose 1967 Discovery of Pulsars Landed Her Supervisor a Nobel, Tells Young Physicists, “Don’t Second-Guess Yourself”. CUWiP’s 2024 keynote speaker addressed thousands of attendees across the U.S. By Liz Boatman. Published Feb 16, 2024.
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Dec 29, 2022 · In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying stars called pulsars. Today, Jocelyn's story.
