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Bell Burnell

American  
[ber-nel] / bərˈnɛl /

noun

  1. Susan Jocelyn 1943–, British astronomer.


Bell Burnell Scientific  
/ bĕlbûr′nĕl /
  1. British astronomer. In 1967, working with astronomer Antony Hewish, she discovered the first pulsar.


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Graduate student Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed repeating radio signals while analyzing telescope data.

From Science Daily • Mar. 14, 2026

Radio astronomer Jocelyn Bell Burnell noticed a strange, regularly pulsed radio wave signal from space while working as a graduate student at the University of Cambridge.

From Scientific American • Jul. 18, 2023

Dr. Hewish never denied that Jocelyn Bell Burnell, as she became known as, made the initial pulsar observations.

From Washington Post • Sep. 17, 2021

Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell is only the second woman to be awarded the Royal Society's highest prize, the Copley Medal.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2021

Jocelyn Bell Burnell would discover neutron stars in 1967, while doing graduate research in radioastronomy.

From Salon • Apr. 10, 2019

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