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It's #Pulsar confirmation day!
Then PhD student, Jocelyn Bell Burnell, actually detected the first signals from a pulsar on 6 Aug '67. From those results, Queen JBB connected the dots, this was astrophysical!
But after this first detection in Aug, there was nothing.
Until Nov 28.
Bell Burnell didn't give up in the meantime. She kept searching for the pulsar, and it was through her hard work, dedication, and persistence that the 28 Nov. confirmation came in.
The 'little bits of scruff' returned! Astrophysics changed forever.
Read more:
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/55-years-pulsar-scienceUnfortunately, she never received the Nobel Prize for this. A huge scar on the awards, to this day.
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