SnoopJ :python_logo:🫠 on Nostr: Noting that today was the anniversary of Jocelyn Bell Burnell's confirmation of the ...

Noting that today was the anniversary of Jocelyn Bell Burnell's confirmation of the existence of pulsars, among the most important astronomical events of the 20th century. Pulsars are one rung in the "ladder" of astrometric distance measures that are fundamental to our understanding of the universe's structure.

Her share of the nobel prize for this work was awarded to her advisor, who not only did not do the work, but actively dismissed it.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/journeysofdiscovery-pulsars