In 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized the field of astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying stars called pulsars. This encore episode: Jocelyn ...

The story of Jocelyn Bell Burnell's early-career discovery of pulsars and the accolades that flowed to her male supervisor is often told as emblematic of astronomy's ongoing struggles with gender ...

In 1974, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to two men, Anthony Hewish and Sir Martin Ryle, for the discovery of pulsars, the dead remnants of massive stars left behind after the massive ...

Jocelyn Bell 1943 - "I started by failing," quips Jocelyn Bell. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ... Soon after her discovery, Bell married and changed her name to Burnell.

In 1967, Jocelyn Bell Burnell's research led to the discovery of radio pulsars. And 50 years later, she is finally being recognized for her work—work that earned her male colleagues a Nobel Prize.

Jocelyn Bell Burnell built the telescope, laboring in damp and chilly English weather to install more than 100 miles of cable and copper wire across a windswept field near Cambridge. She operated ...

British astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell played a key role in discovering pulsars, but her adviser was awarded the Nobel Prize for the discovery. Now Bell Burnell is getting her due, writes Don ...

Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics awarded to Jocelyn Bell Burnell for discovery of pulsars. September 6, 2018. A. Hewish et al. Observation of a Rapidly Pulsating Radio Source .

In 1967 Jocelyn Bell Burnell made a discovery that revolutionized the field of astronomy. She detected the radio signals emitted by certain dying stars called pulsars. This encore episode: Jocelyn ...

Jocelyn Bell 1943 - "I started by failing," quips Jocelyn Bell. Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, ... Soon after her discovery, Bell married and changed her name to Burnell.