CosmicRami on Nostr: Forgot to share this here, but 6 August is the anniversary of the discover of ...
Forgot to share this here, but 6 August is the anniversary of the discover of #Pulsars by Dame Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell.
She was looking through the roll of data from the telescope she helped build and noticed a little bit of ‘scruff’.
Her discovery changed our understanding of the Universe but sadly her male supervisor took credit and got the Nobel prize for it!
Read more:
https://www.spaceaustralia.com/feature/55-years-pulsar-science #Astrodon #RadioAstronomy #SpaceAustralia
Published at
2023-08-07 10:51:55Event JSON
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