Jocelyn Bell Burnell

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Jocelyn Bell Burnel, born July 15, 1943 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is most famously known for her discovery of pulsars.

As a Ph.D. student at the University of Cambridge studying radio astronomy, Bell Burnel detected a rapid set of pulses occurring in continuing intervals on a radio telescope that she helped build during her time as a Ph.D. student. These pulses turned out to be

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http://www.biography.com/people/jocelyn-bell-burnell-9206018#synopsis http://cwp.library.ucla.edu/Phase2/Burnell,_Jocelyn_Bell@841234567.html http://www.irishtimes.com/news/science/irishwoman-who-discovered-the-lighthouses-of-the-universe-1.443538 http://www.britannica.com/biography/Jocelyn-Bell-Burnell