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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. The discovery eventually earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974; however, she was not one of the prize's recipients.
Jun 4, 2024 · Jocelyn Bell Burnell (born July 15, 1943, Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a British astronomer who discovered pulsars, the cosmic sources of peculiar radio pulses. She attended the University of Glasgow, where she received a bachelor’s degree (1965) in physics. She proceeded to the University of Cambridge, where she was awarded a doctorate ...
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. By Nadia Drake. September 06, 2018. • 10 min read.
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 evidence...
Sep 6, 2018 · Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell, pictured in 2011, has been awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics. Colin McPherson/Corbis via Getty Images. In 1967, Jocelyn...
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.
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....
Aug 24, 2021 · 24 August 2021. A leading astrophysicist from Northern Ireland has been awarded the world's oldest scientific prize for her work on the discovery of pulsars. Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is only...
Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered pulsars in 1967 while she was a postgraduate student at New Hall (now Murray Edwards College) carrying out research at Cambridge's Cavendish Laboratory with Antony Hewish.
Sep 6, 2018 · Fifty years after discovering pulsars — compact rotating stars that emit beams of radiation — astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell has been awarded one of the most lucrative prizes in science:...
