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A spinning pulsar sweeping twin radio beams over a field of wire radio antennas at night

Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Discovery of Pulsars

In late 1967 Jocelyn Bell, a PhD student at Cambridge, noticed a strange signal among miles of chart paper. It turned out to be a pulsar, a spinning neutron star....

Jocelyn Bell Burnell and the Discovery of Pulsars

In late 1967 Jocelyn Bell, a PhD student at Cambridge, noticed a strange signal among miles of chart paper. It turned out to be a pulsar, a spinning neutron star....

A dim museum hall of marble pedestals holding a rainbow star, a pulsar in a glass dome and a crystal, with one pedestal left empty

Who Really Discovered It? Credit, Myths and Mis...

Physics history is full of single names attached to shared work. Here are nine cases where the real story is more interesting, told from primary sources and without inventing heroes...

Who Really Discovered It? Credit, Myths and Mis...

Physics history is full of single names attached to shared work. Here are nine cases where the real story is more interesting, told from primary sources and without inventing heroes...