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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell DBE FRS FRSE FRAS FInstP ( / bɜːrˈnɛl /; née Bell; born 15 July 1943) is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a postgraduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967.
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.
Jun 4, 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.
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...
Aug 24, 2021 · Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is only the second woman to be awarded the Royal Society's highest prize, the Copley Medal. The medal is awarded for outstanding...
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 · 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: a...
Feb 16, 2024 · That student was Jocelyn Bell Burnell. Only a few years later, in 1967, she discovered pulsars — a feat that helped earn her doctoral advisor, Anthony Hewish, the 1974 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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 · Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is only the second woman to be awarded the Royal Society's highest prize, the Copley Medal. The medal is awarded for outstanding achievements...
