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- Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (/ 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. The discovery eventually earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974; however, she was not one of the prize's recipients.
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Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell (/ 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.
Oct 17, 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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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 · When Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell discovered the first pulsar 51 years ago, she revealed a new tool for solving many mysteries of the cosmos.
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 in...
Nov 28, 2020 · The Royal Society has unveiled a portrait of trailblazing astrophysicist Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who is credited with one of the most significant scientific discoveries of the 20th century.
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,...
