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A black and white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell looking at a printout in front of the large radio dish she used. She is wearing cat's-eye glasses with her brown hair pulled back. Her head is turned towards the camera and she is smiling.

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A black and white photo of Jocelyn Bell Burnell looking at a printout in front of the large radio dish she used. She is wearing cat's-eye glasses with her brown hair pulled back. Her head is turned towards the camera and she is smiling.
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Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 29-Nov-2024 03:35:45 JST Robert McNees

Jocelyn Bell Burnell transformed astronomy #OTD in 1967 when she made the first observation of a pulsar.
She and advisor Antony Hewish initially dubbed the object LGM-1 (“Little Green Men”) for its regular signal, but soon identified it as a rotating, magnetized neutron star.
#astronomy #pulsars #neutronstars #JocelynBellBurnell

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