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Apr 30, 2024 · 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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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.
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...
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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...
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Sep 6, 2018 · Acknowledgment: P. Knezek (WIYN) When Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first pulsar 51 years ago, she revealed a new tool for solving many mysteries of the cosmos.
Dec 29, 2022 · Facebook. Flipboard. Email. In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying stars called pulsars. Today,...
Sep 8, 2018 · Bright enough. Like the stars of “Hidden Figures” and DNA researcher Rosalind Franklin, Bell Burnell’s personal story embodies the challenges faced by women in scientific fields. Bell...
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